Mon, May 19, 2008
Rashi's Commentary
"scroll" Heb. גִּלְיוֹן, like מְגִלָה. ([Mss. add:] Or a tablet.)
"in common script" In script which any man who reads it can skim through quickly, even a very common man, even if he is not intelligent. In this manner Jonathan renders: in a distinct script.
"to hasten loot, speed the spoils" For Sennacherib to come and to loot all the possessions of the ten tribes and to speed Nebuchadnezzar to pillage Zedekiah and his generation.
"in common script" In script which any man who reads it can skim through quickly, even a very common man, even if he is not intelligent. In this manner Jonathan renders: in a distinct script.
"to hasten loot, speed the spoils" For Sennacherib to come and to loot all the possessions of the ten tribes and to speed Nebuchadnezzar to pillage Zedekiah and his generation.