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Jewish 1105 · Rashi on the Prophets and Writings, Isaiah 7:6

Rashi, on Isa 7:6

Rashi · 1040–1105
Isa 7:6 · Douay-Rheims
“Let us go up to Juda, and rouse it up, and draw it away to us, and make the son of Tabeel king in the midst thereof.”
On this verse:
“and provoke it Let us provoke them to war. and annex it to us Heb. וְנַבְקִיעֶנָּה. Let us even it out with us like a valley (בִּקְעָה) that is even. And so does Jonathan render: And let us even them with us, that they should be even with the ten tribes under one king. one who is good for us Heb. בֶּן טָבְאַל [a combination of the words: טוֹב אֶל,] good for us; so did Jonathan render it. It is also possible to interpret it as: טוֹב אַל, not good in the eyes of the Omnipresent, and according to the calculation of the letters of ‘al-bam,’ Tov’al is Ramla. ‘Teth’ equals ‘resh’; ‘beth’ equals ‘mem’; ‘aleph’ equals ‘lammed.’ Hence, “ben tov’al” equals ‘ben Ramla.’”

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