בּוּקָ֥ה וּמְבוּקָ֖ה וּמְבֻלָּקָ֑ה וְלֵ֨ב נָמֵ֜ס וּפִ֣ק בִּרְכַּ֗יִם וְחַלְחָלָה֙ בְּכָל־מָתְנַ֔יִם וּפְנֵ֥י כֻלָּ֖ם קִבְּצ֥וּ פָארֽוּר׃
זי װערט פּוסט און װיסט און פֿאַרװיסט, און דאָס האַרץ װערט צעגאַנגען, און אַ װאַקלעניש פֿון קני, און אַ ציטערניש אין אַלע לענדן; און זײערע אַלעמענס פּנימער נעמען אָן אַ פֿינצטערניש.
Rashi
it does not bend Heb. יפיק, it does not kneel with its knees. Comp. (I Sam. 25:31) “a stumbling block (פוקה)”; (Nahum 2:11) “and tottering (ופיק) of the knees.”
Rashi
And I will frustrate and I will empty, an expression similar to (Nahum 2:11), “She is empty and void (בּוּקָה וּמְבוּקָה),” and because of the jug (בַּקְבֻּק) about which he is speaking, he adopted this expression.
Rashi
פָּקוּ is an expression similar to (Nahum 2:11), “The stumbling (פִּיק) of knees”; (I Sam. 25:31) “A stumbling block (פּוּקָה).”
Rashi
That this not be…an obstacle. As a stumbling block, as in, 'and the stumbling [לְפִיק] of the knees';21Nachum 2:11. for had you done this, you would not be able to open your mouth to reprove anyone in future generations, concerning bloodshed.