Commentaire sur Isaïe 34:11
וִירֵשׁ֙וּהָ֙ קָאַ֣ת וְקִפּ֔וֹד וְיַנְשׁ֥וֹף וְעֹרֵ֖ב יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָ֑הּ וְנָטָ֥ה עָלֶ֛יהָ קַֽו־תֹ֖הוּ וְאַבְנֵי־בֹֽהוּ׃
C’est le pélican et le hibou qui en prendront possession; la chouette et le corbeau en feront leur demeure. On étendra sur ce pays le cordeau de la destruction et le niveau de la ruine.
Rashi on Isaiah
owl (קִפֹּד) a bird that flies at night (chouette in French), an owl.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
קפוד Hedgehog.16A. V., Bittern. Well known;17It seems as if I. E. used the word well-known when he was at a loss to substitute another word for it. He derives the word קפוד from קפד to fold or to roll together because of its peculiar habit of rolling itself into a ball. See I. E. on 14:23. the root of this word is met with in קפדתי I have rolled together (38:12).18In his remark on 38:12, I. E. explains קפדתי by כפלתי I folded together.
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Rashi on Isaiah
a line of waste A judgment of desolation.
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