에스겔 28:14의 인용 해설

As for the one who does not know to ask, you begin for him: There are a number of places in the Bible where the feminine form of “you - aht” is used in place of the masculine “you - ahtah.” See numbers 11:15, Deuteronomy 5:24, Ecclesiastes 7:22 and Ezekiel 28:14. In each case the sages see this as an opportunity for a Drash. Rabbi Epstein understands this as a hint that for this child even the words of the verse are not enough to teach him the full significance of the Seder. Begin with “Aht” - everything from “Aleph” though “Tauf,” the first and last letters of the “Aleph-Bet.”

and the protector is armed Heb. הַסֹּכֵךְ. Jonathan renders: They shall build towers. We can also explain וְהֻכַן הַסֹּכֵךְ: and the king shall be armed with his weapons, as in (Ezek.28:14) “who shelters over a great distance (מִמְשַׁח הַסֹּכֵךְ),” an expression of ruling.

a rattling of nettles The sound made by the nettles growing there because there are no passersby, and they knock against each other and make sounds.

his arm shall wither In the future (as in Ezek. 25:14), “I will wreak My vengeance, etc.” The commentators, however, interpreted this as a reference to Zedekiah, an allusion to (II Kings 25:7), “and they blinded Zedekiah’s eyes.” But it is impossible to reconcile “Behold! I am setting up a shepherd in the land” as referring to Zedekiah, for seventy years had already passed after him.