Commentaire sur Isaïe 19:11
אַךְ־אֱוִלִים֙ שָׂ֣רֵי צֹ֔עַן חַכְמֵי֙ יֹעֲצֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה עֵצָ֖ה נִבְעָרָ֑ה אֵ֚יךְ תֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה בֶּן־חֲכָמִ֥ים אֲנִ֖י בֶּן־מַלְכֵי־קֶֽדֶם׃
Ah! ils sont frappés de démence, les chefs de Çoân, les plus avisés des conseillers de Pharaon sont dénués de raison. Comment osez-vous dire à Pharaon: "Je suis fils d’hommes sages, descendant des rois antiques?"
Rashi on Isaiah
How will you say from now on to Pharaoh, each one of you about himself, I am a son of the wise? Since he will fail because of your counsel, how will you boast before him to say, We are sons of the wise, O you who are a son of the kings of old.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
חכמי פרעה, יעצי פרעה ═ חכמי יועצי פרעה The wise men of Pharaoh, the counsellors of Pharaoh.18A. V., The wise counsellors of Pharaoh. This is an elliptical expression; comp. נחרי נחלי דבש Rivers, brooks of honey19An ellipsis like this may be supposed, wherever two co-ordinate nouns govern one genitive; by here calling our attention to it, I. E. seems to reject the assumption that the second noun יעצי is a genitive governed by the first noun חכמי: the wise of the counsellors of Pharaoh. (Job 20:17).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
נבערה Foolish.20A. V., Is become brutish;. Comp. בער fool (Ps. 73:22).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
I am a son of wise men. Comp. A son of free men (Koh. 10:17). Each of them will praise himself: my father was wise, my forefathers in days of old were also kings.
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