Commentaire de citation sur Jérémie 2:24

פֶּ֣רֶה ׀ לִמֻּ֣ד מִדְבָּ֗ר בְּאַוַּ֤ת נפשו [נַפְשָׁהּ֙] שָׁאֲפָ֣ה ר֔וּחַ תַּאֲנָתָ֖הּ מִ֣י יְשִׁיבֶ֑נָּה כָּל־מְבַקְשֶׁ֙יהָ֙ לֹ֣א יִיעָ֔פוּ בְּחָדְשָׁ֖הּ יִמְצָאֽוּנְהָ׃

Anesse sauvage, habituée au désert, aspirant le vent dans la fougue de ses désirs, qui pourra refréner son ardeur? Ceux qui lia recherchent n’ont pas à se fatiguer, ils la trouvent dans le mois [de ses amours]?

Rashi

yearn Heb. שאפנו, yearn to swallow me up, goloseir or goloser, to long, to be impatient. (Cf. Rashi to Amos 2:7.) As (Jer. 2:24): “that snuffs up (שאפה) the wind.”

Ibn Ezra

למודים Learning.3A. V., Learned.3A. V., Learned4The noun which is described by this attribute must be supplied; the adjective may therefore be considered as a substantive meaning the pupils. See c. iii. Note 5.. It is an adjective; comp. למד מדבר used to the wilderness (Jer. 2:24); כלמדים as the pupils (at the end of this verse).

Rashi

And he says: Behold, [as] wild donkeys in the desert who are used to the desert, to lie in wait for the passersby.

Rashi

a wild donkey secluded to himself He became like a wild donkey that goes alone to itself, sniffing air from place to place to wander.

Rashi

will gain understanding Heb. ילבב, he will gain for himself a heart [i.e., understanding] to return to his Creator and to search through his deeds—or [he will remain] a man who was like a wild donkey, accustomed to the desert, hasty, without sense.

Rashi

and panted Heb. ואשאפה, an expression of swallowing, as (Jer. 2:24): “snuffs up (שאפה) the wind.”