Commentary for Proverbs 26:2
כַּצִּפּ֣וֹר לָ֭נוּד כַּדְּר֣וֹר לָע֑וּף כֵּ֥ן קִֽלְלַ֥ת חִ֝נָּ֗ם לא [ל֣וֹ] תָבֹֽא׃
As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, So the curse that is causeless shall come home. .
Rashi on Proverbs
Like a wandering sparrow that wanders and like a swallow that returns to its nest, so...
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will a vain curse come home to the one who uttered it with his mouth.
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swallow Heb. דרור. This is the bird known as arondele in Old French, [hirondelle in modern French, schwalbe in German,] which is called דרור, because it lives (דר) in a house as in a field.
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