Commentaire sur Habacuc 3:16
שָׁמַ֣עְתִּי ׀ וַתִּרְגַּ֣ז בִּטְנִ֗י לְקוֹל֙ צָלֲל֣וּ שְׂפָתַ֔י יָב֥וֹא רָקָ֛ב בַּעֲצָמַ֖י וְתַחְתַּ֣י אֶרְגָּ֑ז אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנ֙וּחַ֙ לְי֣וֹם צָרָ֔ה לַעֲל֖וֹת לְעַ֥ם יְגוּדֶֽנּוּ׃
J’ai entendu… Et mon sein en frémit; à cette nouvelle mes lèvres s’entrechoquent. Une langueur s’empare de mes os, je m’affaisse sur moi-même. Puis-je en effet rester calme devant ce jour de malheur qui va se lever sur un peuple pour le décimer?
Rashi on Habakkuk
I heard, and my inward parts trembled Jonathan rendered. Said Babylon, “I heard, and the kings trembled before the judgement meted out upon the Egyptians.”
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Rashi on Habakkuk
my lips quivered at the sound At the sound of the report, trembling took hold of me until my lips knocked one against the other and their sound was heard.
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Rashi on Habakkuk
quivered An expression of (Zech. 14:20) “The bells of the horses.” Tentir in O.F., to tinkle.
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Rashi on Habakkuk
and I quaked in my place In my place, I quake.
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Rashi on Habakkuk
that [the time] I would rest is destined for a day of trouble That this tranquility of mine is destined for a day of trouble.
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to bring up a people that will troop back For the day that He said to bring up from there the people that He will cause to troop back, to return with its troops to its land.
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Guide for the Perplexed
In that sense [viz., “to cease,” or “to leave off”] the verb nuaḥ is used in the phrase “And he left off (va-yanaḥ) on the seventh day.”
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