Rashi, on Jer 8:21

“For the affliction of the daughter of my people I am afflicted, and made sorrowful, astonishment hath taken hold on me.”

“I mourn lit. I am darkened, an expression of blackness and darkness. dismay Heb. שמה, wonder. has taken hold of me Has held me.”

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.