Commentaire sur Isaïe 51:20
בָּנַ֜יִךְ עֻלְּפ֥וּ שָׁכְב֛וּ בְּרֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־חוּצ֖וֹת כְּת֣וֹא מִכְמָ֑ר הַֽמְלֵאִ֥ים חֲמַת־יְהוָ֖ה גַּעֲרַ֥ת אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃
Tes enfants, défaillants, gisent au carrefour de toutes les rues comme le buffle pris au piège, étourdis qu’ils sont par la colère de l’Éternel, par l’animadversion de ton Dieu.
Rashi on Isaiah
fainted Heb. עֻלְּפוּ. An expression of faintness. Comp. (Amos 8:13) “The...virgins shall faint (תִּתְעַלַּפְנָה) from thirst.” Pasmer in O.F., (pamer in Modern French).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
עולפו Have fainted. Comp. ויתעלף and he fainted (Jon. 4:8).
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Rashi on Isaiah
like a wild ox in a net Abandoned like this wild ox that falls into a net. Comp. (Deut. 14:5) “And the wild ox (וּתְאוֹ) and the giraffe.”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
They lie. They are killed by famine and sword.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
תוא A bird.22A. V., A wild bull. It is hap. leg. כתוא מכמר As the bird of the net, that is, the bird caught in a net. מכמר Net. Comp. מכמוריו their own nets (Ps. 141:10).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
The rebuke of thy God. This is the explanation of the preceding, the fury of the Lord.
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