And you, that have forsaken the Lord, that have forgotten my holy mount, that set a table for fortune, and offer libations upon it,
Ibn Ezra
הַשְׁכֵחִים That forget, (lit., that are forgetful). It is an adjective, similar in form to יְרֵאִים afraid (1 Sam. 23:3). לגד For the host of the heavens. R. Moses Hakkohen says, that גד means the planet Jupiter which forebodes only good things; that in Arabic the word has the same meaning; but that בגל (Gen. 30:11) is different from it. למני For Meni. According to some מני (lit., number) is the name of the Zodiac, because each of its constellations has a certain number of stars. R. Moses Hakkohen says that מני is the name of one star. the moon. ממסך Drink offering. Comp., מסכה she hath mingled (Prov. 9:2)
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.