פירוש על ישעיהו 14:23

hedgehog Heb. קִפֹּד [hricon or hericon in O.F.] [In Modern French it is spelled herisson.]

קפוד Hedgehog.^23aA. V., Bittern. A well known animal. According to some קפוד is derived from קפד to roll—comp. קפדתי I rolled (xxxviii 12)—on account of its power of rolling itself together.

and I will sweep Heb. וְטִאטֵאתִיהָ, an expression of sweeping [eskober in O.F.], as our Rabbis stated: The Rabbis did not know the meaning of וְטִאטֵאתִיהָ בְּמַטְאֲטֵא הַשְׁמֵד, until they heard [Rabbi’s (R. Judah Hanasi’s) maidservant say to her friend, “Take a broom (מַטְאֲטֵא) and sweep (וְטַאְטְאִי) the house.”]

מטאטא Besom. All agree that this word is hap. leg.; it signifies an instrument wherewith refuse is removed.