Le Deutéronome 28:22 Commentaire : Rashi, Chizkuni, Ibn Ezra & Rashbam

יַכְּכָ֣ה יְ֠הוָה בַּשַּׁחֶ֨פֶת וּבַקַּדַּ֜חַת וּבַדַּלֶּ֗קֶת וּבַֽחַרְחֻר֙ וּבַחֶ֔רֶב וּבַשִּׁדָּפ֖וֹן וּבַיֵּרָק֑וֹן וּרְדָפ֖וּךָ עַ֥ד אָבְדֶֽךָ׃

L’Éternel te frappera de consomption, de fièvre chaude, d’inflammations de toute nature, de marasme et de jaunisse, qui te poursuivront jusqu’à ce que tu succombes.

Rashi

בשחפת — This is a disease whereby one’s flesh becomes worn away and swollen.

Chizkuni

ובחרב, “and with fiery heat;” here the word חרב is not used in the literal sense meaning “sword,” but as something derived from חורב and יובש, “dried out by excessive heart of the sun.” (Compare Ibn Ezra)

Ibn Ezra

shaḥefet and qaddaḥat denote specific illnesses [see comment on Leviticus 26: 16].

Rashi

ובקדחת AND WITH FEVER — The word is similar in meaning to the verb in (Deuteronomy 32:22) “For a fire burns (קדחה) in My nostrils”. It is the heat felt by sick people, mal du feu in old French, which is a very high temperature.