Rashi, on Lam 3:5

“Beth. He hath built round about me, and he hath compassed me with gall and labour.”

“and encompassed He encompassed me. gall Heb. רֹאשּׁ, like (Deut. 29: “gall (רֹאשּׁ) and wormwood.” The Midrash Aggadah (Lam. Rabhah), states: רֹאשּׁ refers to Nebuchadnezzar in the exile of Jehoiachin. travail Nebuzaradan, who completed the blow in the days of Zedekiah, and he wearied me.”

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.