Комментарий о цитате к Ийова 32:16

וְ֭הוֹחַלְתִּי כִּי־לֹ֣א יְדַבֵּ֑רוּ כִּ֥י עָ֝מְד֗וּ לֹא־עָ֥נוּ עֽוֹד׃

И подожду ли я, потому что они не говорят, потому что они стоят на месте и больше не отвечают?

Rashi

Then Job again His friends refrained from answering as Elihu reprimanded them, for they stood and replied no more (32:3).

Rashi

stood Heb. עָמְדוּ, an expression of silence (they stood silent), like (Job 32:16): “...for they remained silent (עָמְדוּ) ; they no longer answered.”

Rashi

but the wind comes and clears them away, makes them pass away, and no rain falls. That is their analogy; they began to answer you, but at the end, they remained silent and did not answer.