פירוש על ישעיהו 9:13

a large arch and a small arch An expression denoting kings and sultans.

The people did not return to the Lord, because there was none to show them the right way.

כִּפָּה, arcum voltum, arvolt in O.F. [an arch] i.e., those who hover over them like an arch.

כפה Root.¹⁵A. V., Branch. Comp. וכפתו And his root (Job 15:32).

a small arch Heb. (אַגְמוֹן). This too is a small arch, and since it is bent over like a rush, (אַגְמוֹן), Scripture calls it אַגְמוֹן. And in the Baraitha of Samuel we find that there are constellations in the heavens, appointed to [influence the world], and these are their names. Here the prophet states that all their savants who prophesy for them and gaze at the stars, the Lord will cut off from them.

ואגמון And rush. Comp. 58:5. It is a well-known tender plant.¹⁶נר in our editions must be replaced by רך. Comp. I. E. on Is. 58:5.