וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּ אֶל־כַּפָּ֗יו וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ הָלוֹךְ֙ וְאָכֹ֔ל וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־אָבִ֣יו וְאֶל־אִמּ֔וֹ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן לָהֶ֖ם וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ וְלֹֽא־הִגִּ֣יד לָהֶ֔ם כִּ֛י מִגְּוִיַּ֥ת הָאַרְיֵ֖ה רָדָ֥ה הַדְּבָֽשׁ׃
Il le recueillit dans ses mains, en mangea chemin faisant, et, ayant rejoint ses parents, leur en donna à manger, sans leur apprendre qu’il avait tiré ce miel du corps du lion.
Rashi
Crushing it. It [the fire] crushed it and broke it through punishment and suffering. Therefore, the ‘nun’ is punctuated with a ‘dagesh’, so that it is interpreted in the feminine singular, as in יַעֲשֶׂנָּה [=he will do it], יְכַרְסְמֶנָּה [=he will gnaw at it], יִרְעֶנָּה [=will graze upon it]; for עֶצֶם [=bone] is in the feminine gender, as [Scripture] states, “the dry bones [=הָעֲצָמוֹת הַיְבֵשׁוֹת.”46Yechezkeil 37:4. It broke each one. Another explanation, וַיִּרְדֶּנָּה as in, “and he separated it into his hands.”47Shoftim 14:9. He emptied the marrow, [i.e.,] he scraped and separated the marrow from within it.48Alternatively, ‘and sent it [i.e., fire] down.’