חָרַ֣שׁ עֵצִים֮ נָ֣טָה קָו֒ יְתָאֲרֵ֣הוּ בַשֶּׂ֔רֶד יַעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ בַּמַּקְצֻע֔וֹת וּבַמְּחוּגָ֖ה יְתָאֳרֵ֑הוּ וַֽיַּעֲשֵׂ֙הוּ֙ כְּתַבְנִ֣ית אִ֔ישׁ כְּתִפְאֶ֥רֶת אָדָ֖ם לָשֶׁ֥בֶת בָּֽיִת׃
דער האָלצמײַנסטער ציט אױס אַ שנור; ער צײכנט עס מיט אַ שטיפֿט, ער מאַכט עס מיט הובלען צורעכט, און מיט אַ צירקל צײכנט ער עס אַרום, און ער מאַכט עס לױט דער געשטאַלט פֿון אַ מאַן, לױט דער שײנקײט פֿון אַ מענטשן, אױף צו װױנען אין אַ הױז.
Rashi
The carpenter And if he comes to make it of wood, and he is a carpenter, the following is his method.
Ibn Ezra
The carpenter, etc. After having mentioned the mason and smith,20Ver. 9 and 12. Comp. Note 14. he speaks of the carpenter.
Rashi
stretched out a line as is the custom of the carpenters, and according to the line, יְתָאֲרֵהוּ בַשֶּׂרֶד, he straightens it with a saw, which they call doloire in French. he beautifies it Heb. יְתָאֲרֵהוּ, he beautifies it.
Rashi
he fixes it with planes Heb. מַקְצֻעוֹת. He smoothes it with a plane and a blade. Jonathan renders מַקְצֻעוֹת as אִיזְמֵלַיָּא, knives or blades.
Rashi
and with a compass he rounds it Heb. יְתָאֳרֵהוּ, an expression similar to (Josh. 15:9): “And the border circled (וְתָאַר).” If he comes to make circular drawings, he draws around it with a compass, compas in French.
Rashi
like the beauty of a man That is a woman, who is the beauty of her husband.