Psalm 48:2 Douay-Rheims

Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world.

Rashi

1040–1105 Jewish

Hear this, all you peoples Because this psalm is based on people who rely on their riches, he says, “all you peoples,” for they all require admonition. earth Heb. חלוד. That [term] is [used to describe] the earth because it is old and rusty (חלודה), rodile in Old French, rust, rouille in modern French. But our Sages explained that it is because of the weasel (חֻלְדָה), which frequents the dry land but is not found in the sea, for the Rabbis taught (Hul. 127a): Whatever is on the dry land is found in the sea, except the weasel.

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1105 · Psalms 49:2 (Hebrew numbering)

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