Commentaire sur Isaïe 16:3
הביאו [הָבִ֤יאִי] עֵצָה֙ עֲשׂ֣וּ פְלִילָ֔ה שִׁ֧יתִי כַלַּ֛יִל צִלֵּ֖ךְ בְּת֣וֹךְ צָהֳרָ֑יִם סַתְּרִי֙ נִדָּחִ֔ים נֹדֵ֖ד אַל־תְּגַלִּֽי׃
"Apporte un conseil, agis avec équité, étends sur nous, en plein jour, ton ombre épaisse comme la nuit. Cache les expulsés, ne trahis pas les fuyards.
Rashi on Isaiah
deliberate judgment This is an expression of a debate of judgment, to choose for yourself what is good. Comp. (Job 34:4) “Let us choose for ourselves what is just.” [derajjsnement in O.F., discernment.]
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Take counsel, etc. The prophet says to Moab, Before this misfortune befalls thee, take counsel for thyself.
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Rashi on Isaiah
make like the night your shadow Make yourself a shadow at noon that will darken your shadow like night, to hide therein from before your enemies.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
פלילה Judgment. The form of the word is like that of אכילה eating (1 Kings 21:32); comp. פלילים judges (Deut. 32:21).
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Rashi on Isaiah
conceal the exiles If the exiles of My people flee again through your land in the days of Nebuchadnezzar, do not turn them over to the Chaldees but conceal them.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Thy shadow. To hide the Israelites, when they take refuge with thee. נדחים Outcasts. People that are banished from their home.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
נודד Him that wandereth, without being banished.6The difference between נדח and נודד is probably derived from the fact that the former is a passive form, participle Niphal, the latter active, participle Kal. Bewray not, when he cometh unto thee.
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