Commentary for Psalms 102:7
דָּ֭מִיתִי לִקְאַ֣ת מִדְבָּ֑ר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּכ֣וֹס חֳרָבֽוֹת׃
I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am become as an owl of the waste places.
Rashi on Psalms
Like a bird of Heb. לקאת. It is the name of a bird.
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Like an owl of the wasteland Heb. ככוס, the name of a bird, as (Lev. 11:17): “The owl (הכוס), the cormorant, and the night owl.”
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wasteland deserts. I was like a bird of the desert. So do we wander from our place to go into exile.
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