Jeremiah 46:20 Talmud References: Jerusalem Talmud Yoma

עֶגְלָ֥ה יְפֵֽה־פִיָּ֖ה מִצְרָ֑יִם קֶ֥רֶץ מִצָּפ֖וֹן בָּ֥א בָֽא׃

Egypt is a very fair heifer; But the gadfly out of the north is come, it is come.

Jerusalem Talmud Yoma

It is written71Jer. 46:20 (Babli 32b)., qeresò from the North comes into it. Rebbi Ḥanina and Rebbi Joshua ben Levi. One said, a butcher; but the other said, a remover. He who said, a butcher, from this, “they brought him the daily sacrifice; he cut it.” He who said, a remover, an exiler, from loam I also was cut off72Job 33:6. Hebrew קרץ may represent both قرص “to pinch, tweak, sting” and قرض “sever, cut off, clip”..
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