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Jewish 1105 · Rashi on the Prophets and Writings, Psalms 72:6 (Hebrew numbering)

Rashi, on Ps 71:6

Rashi · 1040–1105
Ps 71:6 · Douay-Rheims
“He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.”
On this verse:
“May it descend as rain upon cut vegetation May his word descend into the midst of Your people and into their heart as the rain that falls on the cut vegetation, which requires rain after being cut. As the matter is stated (Amos 7:1): “and behold the latter growth after the king’s mowings.” that drip upon the earth Heb. זרזיף, an expression of drops. In Aramaic, in Tractate Yoma (87a): “Drops (זרזיפי) of water hit him.””

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