A citation from the library
Rashi, on Neh 2:3
Rashi · 1040–1105
Neh 2:3 · Douay-Rheims
“And I said to the king: O king, live for ever: why should not my countenance be sorrowful, seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of my fathers is desolate, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire?”
On this verse:
“Why should my countenance not be sad [as translated,] why should my countenance not be sad. when the city Jerusalem, which is the place of the graves of my forefathers, is laid waste.”
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.