Commentaire sur Les Juges 4:11
וְחֶ֤בֶר הַקֵּינִי֙ נִפְרָ֣ד מִקַּ֔יִן מִבְּנֵ֥י חֹבָ֖ב חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳל֔וֹ עַד־אֵל֥וֹן בצענים [בְּצַעֲנַנִּ֖ים] אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶת־קֶֽדֶשׁ׃
(Or, Héber, le Kénéen, s’était séparé des Kénéens, des descendants de Hobab, beau-père de Moïse; et il avait dressé sa tente vers le Chêne de Çaanannîm, qui est près de Kédech.)
Rashi on Judges
Elon Betza'anayim. The marshland plain.8This is Targum Yonasan’s rendition. A plateau area with marshes, "mariscum", "morass" in old French. This is called אַגָנַיָא—pools, similar to ditches where water settles, "entitled 'the earth's flasks.'"9Kiddushin, 61:a, notes that water filed ditches are entitled אַגׇּנֵי דּֽאַרְעָא, “the earth’s flasks.” Thus, אַגָנַיׇא, “flasks,” refer to the marshland pools.
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Metzudat David on Judges
Separated from Kayin: He separated himself from the rest of the Sons of Kayin who dwelt in the Judean Desert, as it stated at the beginning of the book (Judges 1:16).
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Radak on Judges
Separated: It is vocalized with a kamatz. The explanation is that he separated from the Judean Desert, as the Children of the Kenites had settled there when they went up from the City of Dates.
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