Commentaire sur Les Lamentations 4:1
אֵיכָה֙ יוּעַ֣ם זָהָ֔ב יִשְׁנֶ֖א הַכֶּ֣תֶם הַטּ֑וֹב תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֙כְנָה֙ אַבְנֵי־קֹ֔דֶשׁ בְּרֹ֖אשׁ כָּל־חוּצֽוֹת׃ (ס)
Hélas. Comme l’or est terni, et altéré le métal précieux! Comme les pierres sacrées se trouvent éparpillées à tous les coins de rue!
Rashi on Lamentations
How can it be that the golden glow has paled. This elegy was pronounced over Yoshiyahu,1Who was killed in a battle with Pharaoh Necho. as it is stated in Divrei Hayomim, “Behold it is written in the Book of Lamentations,”2II Divrei Hayomim 35:25. and with it he joined, in the midst of the elegy, the rest of the children of Tzion.
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Paled. Dimmed, as in “כֵּהָה”3Vayikra 13:6. which is rendered [by the Targum as] עַמְיָא [=dimmed].
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Golden. The appearance of a face that shines like gold.
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Altered. Changes its appearance.
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Jewel. A collection of beautiful gold articles used as ornaments is called כֶּתֶם.
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Sacred gems. Children who shine like precious stones. But the Midrash Aggadah [states that “sacred gems are spilled refers to], every fourth-part [=רְבִיעִית of blood that Yoshiyahu shed with each arrow that they thrust into him, Yirmiyahu buried in its place [i.e., where it spilled]. Concerning it he called out, “sacred gems are spilled.”
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