פירוש על יחזקאל 21:26

the crossroads Heb. אֵם הַדֶרֶךְ, carrefour in French, crossroads.

he furbished the arrows Heb. קִלְקַל, he furbished the arrows with a glitter. He shot an arrow upward, and it turns by itself right or left, and to the place it turns—that is the lot.

he flashed with the arrows Menachem (p. 155), connected it with (above 1:7): “burnished (קָלָל) copper”; (Ecc. 10:10): “and he did not sharpen (קִלְקֵל) the edge.” It may also be explained as an expression of deterioration, as in (Jer. 4:24): “and all the hills deteriorated (הִתְקַלְקָלוּ).” Some translate קִלְקַל into French, as trait, he shot, and Jonathan as well renders קִלְקַל בֲּחִצִים as קְשֲּׁתבְּגִרְרֲיָא.

he inquired of the teraphim An image that talks through magic, and there is a set time, that if one makes it at that time, it possesses speech forever.

looked into the liver There are some experts who divine with liver.