Isaiah 54:12 Commentary: Rashi, Rambam, Ibn Ezra & More

וְשַׂמְתִּ֤י כַּֽדְכֹד֙ שִׁמְשֹׁתַ֔יִךְ וּשְׁעָרַ֖יִךְ לְאַבְנֵ֣י אֶקְדָּ֑ח וְכָל־גְּבוּלֵ֖ךְ לְאַבְנֵי־חֵֽפֶץ׃

And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.

Rashi on Isaiah

jasper Heb. כַּדְכֹד, a kind of precious stone.
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Malbim on Isaiah

Kadkhod is the gemstone called Shoham, according to the Sages.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

כדכד Agates. It is hap. leg.; it is the name of a precious stone.
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