רַ֞ק עֵ֣ץ אֲשֶׁר־תֵּדַ֗ע כִּֽי־לֹא־עֵ֤ץ מַאֲכָל֙ ה֔וּא אֹת֥וֹ תַשְׁחִ֖ית וְכָרָ֑תָּ וּבָנִ֣יתָ מָצ֗וֹר עַל־הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁר־הִ֨וא עֹשָׂ֧ה עִמְּךָ֛ מִלְחָמָ֖ה עַ֥ד רִדְתָּֽהּ׃ (פ)
Hanya pohon yang kauketahui bukan pohon penghasil makanan, pohon itulah yang boleh kaurusak dan kautebang, lalu engkau boleh membangun kubu pengepungan terhadap kota yang sedang berperang melawanmu itu, sampai kota itu takluk.
Ezra ben Solomon
If she be a door: Which is easily opened, they similarly might be easily seduced, then even if we will panel [natzor] it in cedar, in accord with: “build a siege-work [matzor], the enemy will fight them and overcome them” [Deut. 20:20].
German Commentary
die ein Belagerungsheer. In der Mischna ed. princ. קרקום, dagegen in Ms. Or. 567 und ed. Lowe richtig: כרקום = χαϱάϰωμα, eigentl. Pfahl, Pallisade, Bollwerk, dann das belagernde Heer; s. auch Git. III, 4. Vgl. Targ. Onkelos כרקומין zu מצור Deut. 20, 20; ebenso hat die Septuaginta z. St. χάϱαξ.
Metzudat David
they built ramparts around it to conquer it, just like it appears in the verse Deuteronomy 20:20 "and you shall build fortifications..." and it is called 'matzor' because it besieges and distresses the nation that is in it.