Commento su Isaia 27:8

In that measure (בְּסַאסְּאָה) in that measure.

בסאסאה. In measure. According to most commentators בסאסאה is a reduplication of סאה measure, like ²³Root: טול :ירק.²³Root: טול :ירק.ירקרק green (Lev. 13:49); מטלטלך Will carry thee away (22:17).

when they sent them out, it strove with it When Egypt sent Israel out, it strove with it, the seah of the measure with its seah.

Thou wilt debate with it, with Samaria; comp. the defenced city (ver. 10)²⁴The pronoun it is here used, although the noun to which it refers is not mentioned before; what the prophet meant by this pronoun must have been clear to the listener. The whole passage from ver. 7, refers, according to I. E., to Samaria; because of the defenced city of ver. 10; but that city is not proved by I. E. to be Samaria; Kimchi leaves it doubtful, whether it is Samaria or Jerusalem..

He spoke with His harsh wind (הָגָה) He spoke with His harsh speech.

בשלחה According to some: with its sword.²⁵A. V., When it shooteth forth. The meaning of the sentence accordingly is: Samaria destroyed itself with its own instruments of war. Comp. השלח the sword (Joel 2:8). More correctly, however, it may be compared with שלחיך thy plants (Song 4:13), especially because of the words: on the day of the east wind.²⁶The figure the day of the east wind, leads the reader to suppose that there is also a reference to plants, which are damaged by the east wind. Samaria was punished with her own measure, she had quarrelled even with the people of her own villages,—which may be considered as her plants (שלחה)—therefore. הגה the Lord removed²⁷A. V., Stayeth.—Being in continual conflict with her neighbours, Samaria was taken away from amongst them. her; comp. ²⁸Hophal of יגה.הוגה he was removed (2 Sam. 20:13); ה replaces the radical י; as in ידה═הדה he stretched forth (11:8).

on the day of the east wind On the day (concerning which Scripture states) (Ex. 14:21): “And the Lord led the sea with a strong east wind.”

קדים East wind.