Rashi, on Jer 51:1

“Thus saith the Lord: Behold I will raise up as it were a pestilential wind against Babylon and against the inhabitants thereof, who have lifted up their heart against me.”

“Leb-kamai Casdim (Chaldeans) according to cypher of ‘At-bash’ (א"תב"ש). the desire of a destroyer The desire of the king of Persia and Media, who is a destroyer. Heb. רוּחַ (talent in O.F.).”

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.