Is this such a fast as I have chosen: for a man to afflict his soul for a day? is this it, to wind his head about like a circle, and to spread sackcloth and ashes? wilt thou call this a fast, and a day acceptable to the Lord?
Ibn Ezra
A day for a man to afflict his soul. Repetition of the same idea (a fast) in other words. לכוף To bow down. It is a verb ע״ע similar in form to לקב to curse (Num. 23:11). אנמן Bulrush. A tender plant, that bends its top; it is well known. יַצִּיעַ To spread. The Dagesh in צ compensates for the omission of the radical ;י comp. אצרך I form thee (Jer. 1:5); the full form is יַיְצִיעַ, and its meaning is to place as a couch; comp. יצע was spread (Est. 4:3)
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.