Commentaire sur Isaïe 14:4
וְנָשָׂ֜אתָ הַמָּשָׁ֥ל הַזֶּ֛ה עַל־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל וְאָמָ֑רְתָּ אֵ֚יךְ שָׁבַ֣ת נֹגֵ֔שׂ שָׁבְתָ֖ה מַדְהֵבָֽה׃
tu entonneras le chant que voici sur le roi de Babylone: "Comment a disparu l’oppresseur, cessé la tyrannie!
Rashi on Isaiah
the haughty one Heb. מַדְהֵבָה. An expression of an excess of haughtiness and a heavy burden. Our Rabbis, however, expound it as: Those who say, ‘Measure and bring.’
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
מדהבה Gold.2Literally, she that exacted gold, מַדְהֵבׇה being part. fem. Hiphil of דהב. A. V., The golden city. Comp. דהב the Chaldæan translation of זהב gold; in Arabic it is likewise דהב (ذَهَبٌ). The gold of the tribute is meant here.
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