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Commentary for Nahum 3:1

ה֖וֹי עִ֣יר דָּמִ֑ים כֻּלָּ֗הּ כַּ֤חַשׁ פֶּ֙רֶק֙ מְלֵאָ֔ה לֹ֥א יָמִ֖ישׁ טָֽרֶף׃

Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and rapine; The prey departeth not.

Rashi on Nahum

robbery Heb. פֶּרֶק, robbery, that one breaks it away from the hand of its owner.
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Rashi on Nahum

the prey departs not—from its [i.e., the city’s] midst, it will never depart.
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