But on the shore thereof, and in the fenny places they shall not be healed, because they shall be turned into saltpits.
Rashi
Its marshes [The marshes] of the sea, as in (Job 8:11): “Can papyrus shoot up without a marsh (בִצָה)?” This is maresc in Old French, a marsh.
and its pools [Heb. וּגְבָאָיו,] like (II Kings 3:16): “This valley will be full of pools.” The בִּצִים are the marshes around it, and the גֵבִים are ditches in which water is gathered.
will not be healed to be turned sweet. Why? Because “they will be set aside for salt [mines].”
וְלא יִרָפְאוּ This “vav” is subordinate and superfluous.
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.