Commentary for Psalms 56:2
חָנֵּ֣נִי אֱ֭לֹהִים כִּֽי־שְׁאָפַ֣נִי אֱנ֑וֹשׁ כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם לֹחֵ֥ם יִלְחָצֵֽנִי׃
Be gracious unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up; All the day he fighting oppresseth me.
Rashi on Psalms
yearn Heb. שאפנו, yearn to swallow me up, goloseir or goloser, to long, to be impatient. (Cf. Rashi to Amos 2:7.) As (Jer. 2:24): “that snuffs up (שאפה) the wind.”
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Rashi on Psalms
the warrior Heb. לחם, an expression of war (מלחמה).
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