Rashi, on Prov 20:14

“It is nought, it is nought, saith every buyer: and when he is gone away, then he will boast.”

““It is bad, it is bad,” says the buyer If one acquires Torah through poverty and the pains of hunger, he says, “Woe is to me for this evil and for this trouble,” but when he goes away full of wisdom... then he boasts about the pain he suffered. but when he goes away Heb. ואזל, but when he goes away.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.