פירוש על שופטים 5:29

The wise among her ladies responded to her. The wise ones⁵³Not “the wisdoms of her ladies.” The vocalization indicates that the proper translation is “the wise ones,” rather than “the wisdoms,” as Rashi explains. among her ladies. This is why the "ח" is vocalized with a "pasach". The plural noun, lit. "wisdoms" is vocalized with the half-kametz, as in "Wisdoms are remote gems to the foolish."⁵⁴Mishlei, 24:7. Here, the vocalization is חַכְמוֹת. Similarly, "The wise among women has constructed her home."⁵⁵Mishlei, 14:1. The wise one among the women.

The wisest of her ladies: The wisest [of those] who were among her ladies - each one answered to console her. And she was also like one of them, answering her speech to herself.

Answer (plural): Each one of the wise ladies would answer her.

Responded. The period punctuating the נ serves as a substitute for a third נ.⁵⁶The third person feminine plural for “response” is תַּעֲנׇנׇה, “they responded”. Also, as a general rule, the suffix נה is added as a contraction of אוֹתׇהּ, “to her.” Thus, “they responded to her” should actually read וַתַּעֲנׇנׇה, with the נ tripled. However, Rashi notes, Scripture drops the third נ, and punctuates the second נ with a period to represent the missing letter. Hence, the translation is "[the wise ones] responded 'to her.'" The period punctuating נ serves as a substitute for "her",⁵⁷ A punctuated נ may appear where no letter has been dropped. Then, its purpose is to represent a contraction of אוֹתהּ, “her”. as in "you shall bring 'her' scalded."⁵⁸Vayikra, 6:14. This refers to the feminine מִנְחָה.

She, too: The mother of Sisera.

Indeed, she stated in reply. She consoled herself. Why should I keep wondering about my son's delay?

Answers her speech to herself: She herself. Just like the wise ladies would answer her, so too would she herself answer and say that it was because of this that the wheels of his chariots tarried.