Tafsiran Yesaya 51:9: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

עוּרִ֨י עוּרִ֤י לִבְשִׁי־עֹז֙ זְר֣וֹעַ יְהוָ֔ה ע֚וּרִי כִּ֣ימֵי קֶ֔דֶם דֹּר֖וֹת עוֹלָמִ֑ים הֲל֥וֹא אַתְּ־הִ֛יא הַמַּחְצֶ֥בֶת רַ֖הַב מְחוֹלֶ֥לֶת תַּנִּֽין׃

Bangunlah, bangunlah, kenakanlah kekuatan, hai lengan Yang Mahakekal! Bangunlah seperti pada zaman dahulu, pada angkatan-angkatan masa purba! Bukankah engkau yang telah meremukkan Rahab dan membunuh naga?

Rashi

Awaken, awaken This is the prophet’s prayer.
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Ibn Ezra

עורי Awake. The accent is on the last syllable; there are many instances of this exception.9According to the rules of accentuation in Hebrew, the accent should be on the first syllable. See I. E. on 3:26, note 25.
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Rashi

Rahab [lit. pride.] Egypt, about whom it is written (supra 30:7): “They are haughty (רַהַב), idlers.”
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Rashi

slew Heb. מְחוֹלֶלֶת, an expression of slaying, related to חָלָל.
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Rashi

the sea monster Pharaoh.
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