Exodus 5:13 Commentary: Rashi, Rashbam & Siftei Chakhamim

וְהַנֹּגְשִׂ֖ים אָצִ֣ים לֵאמֹ֑ר כַּלּ֤וּ מַעֲשֵׂיכֶם֙ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּהְי֥וֹת הַתֶּֽבֶן׃

And the taskmasters were urgent, saying: ‘Fulfil your work, your daily task, as when there was straw.’

Rashi on Exodus

אצים means PRESSING.
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Rashbam on Exodus

אצים, urging forcefully. We have the same verb when the angels urge Lot to leave Sodom in Genesis 19,15. ויאיצו המלאכים.
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Siftei Chakhamim

Pressured. I.e., אצים does not mean speed.
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