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Commentary for Nahum 3:2

ק֣וֹל שׁ֔וֹט וְק֖וֹל רַ֣עַשׁ אוֹפָ֑ן וְס֣וּס דֹּהֵ֔ר וּמֶרְכָּבָ֖ה מְרַקֵּדָֽה׃

Hark! the whip, and hark! the rattling of the wheels; And prancing horses, and bounding chariots;

Rashi on Nahum

The sound of the scourge—The sound of striking the horses was always heard therein.
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Rashi on Nahum

and the sound of the noise—of the wheels of the chariots.
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Rashi on Nahum

and galloping horses Heb. דֹּהֵר, skipping and jumping. And so it is in (Jud. 5:22) “By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.”
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