Rashi, on Lam 3:28

“Jod. He shall sit solitary, and hold his peace: because he hath taken it up upon himself.”

“Let him sit solitary Whoever was befallen by mourning and trouble should sit solitary and hope for the best. and wait Heb. וְיִדֹם, an expression of waiting, like (I Sam. 14:9): “If they say thus to us, Wait! (דֹמוּ)” about Jonathan. for He has laid [it] upon him for the Lord of decrees has laid this decree upon him.”

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.