Rashi, on Lam 3:45

“Samech. Thou hast made me as an outcast, and refuse in the midst of the people.”

“scum and refuse That is נִיעַ in the language of the Mishnah (B.K. 3b), כִּיחוֹ וְנִיעוֹ, his phlegm and his mucus, which is drawn out from the lungs and emitted from the throat. You make us This is in the present tense.”

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.