Commentaire sur Ézéchiel 29:18
בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּ֠בֶל הֶעֱבִ֨יד אֶת־חֵיל֜וֹ עֲבֹדָ֤ה גְדֹלָה֙ אֶל־צֹ֔ר כָּל־רֹ֣אשׁ מֻקְרָ֔ח וְכָל־כָּתֵ֖ף מְרוּטָ֑ה וְ֠שָׂכָר לֹא־הָ֨יָה ל֤וֹ וּלְחֵילוֹ֙ מִצֹּ֔ר עַל־הָעֲבֹדָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־עָבַ֥ד עָלֶֽיהָ׃ (ס)
"Fils de l’homme, Nabuchodonosor, roi de Babylone, a fait faire à son armée une rude besogne contre Tyr; toutes les têtes en sont devenues chauves, toutes les épaules sont meurtries. Or, lut ni son armée n’ont recueilli de salaire de Tyr pour la besogne qu’il a faite contre elle.
Rashi on Ezekiel
made his army serve [a great work against Tyre] [Heb. צוּר אֵל, usually to here means] against Tyre, [in] a great work.
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Rashi on Ezekiel
every head the men of his forces
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Rashi on Ezekiel
became bald and every shoulder, etc. As is the custom with those who besiege a city many days and toil and weary themselves with carrying burdens of wood and stones. He captured Tyre in the twenty third [year] of his reign, as we find in Seder Olam (ad loc.). מֻקְרָח means calvo in Italian, bald.
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