פירוש על ישעיהו 22:18

He shall wind you around like a turban that surrounds the head, the enemies and oppressors shall surround you.

צנוף יצנפך צנפה He will surely bind thee together.²⁴A. V., He will surely violently turn and toss thee. According to I. E.: צנף to bind, מצנפת a mitre that is bound round the head.²⁴A. V., He will surely violently turn and toss thee. According to I. E.: צנף to bind, מצנפת a mitre that is bound round the head. Comp. מצנפת mitre (Ex. 28:4). He will take him, together with all his money and wealth.²⁵I. E. infers this probably from the root צנף being repeated thrice.

like a surrounding wall. (כַּדּוּר). Our Rabbis, however, explained it as an expression of a ball, which they call ‘pelote’ in French, which is tossed and caught from hand to hand.