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Commentary for Obadiah 1:9

וְחַתּ֥וּ גִבּוֹרֶ֖יךָ תֵּימָ֑ן לְמַ֧עַן יִכָּֽרֶת־אִ֛ישׁ מֵהַ֥ר עֵשָׂ֖ו מִקָּֽטֶל׃

And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, To the end that every one may be cut off from the mount of Esau by slaughter.

Rashi on Obadiah

And your mighty men shall be dismayed—They shall be dismayed and frightened to flee to the land of Israel [Malbim: to the land of Edom]. And Jonathan rendered: And your mighty men shall be dismayed, dwellers of the southland.
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Rashi on Obadiah

in order that every man be cut off—I.e, every mighty man. [from Targum Jonathan]
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Rashi on Obadiah

from the mountain of Esau by slaughter—By the great slaughter that will come upon them.
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