פירוש על ישעיהו 58:5

Is it to bend Heb. הֲלָכֹף. This ‘hey’ is the interrogative. That is to say, “Perhaps I require bending the head like a fishhook (כְּאַגְמֹן)?” אַגְמֹן is a sort of bent needle with which they catch fish, and they call it ajjm in O.F.

A day for a man to afflict his soul. Repetition of the same idea (a fast) in other words.

Will you call this a fast Heb. הֲלָזֶה. An interrogative form. Therefore, the ‘hey’ is punctuated with a ‘hataf-pattah.’

לכוף To bow down. It is a verb ע״ע similar in form to לקב to curse (Num. 23:11).

אנמן Bulrush. A tender plant, that bends its top; it is well known.

יַצִּיעַ To spread. The Dagesh in צ compensates for the omission of the radical ;⁸יצע is one of those verbs פ״י, that compensate for the omission of the י by the reduplication of the second radical.י comp. אצרך I form thee (Jer. 1:5); the full form is יַיְצִיעַ, and its meaning is to place as a couch; comp. יצע was spread (Est. 4:3)