## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 17

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:2:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:2:1)

**חוּד חִידָה.** הַנְּבוּאָה שֶׁבָּעִנְיָן בִּלְשׁוֹן חִידָה הִיא, שֶׁהוּא מְדַמֶּה אֶת נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר לְנֶשֶׁר וְאֶת מַלְכֵי יְהוּדָה לְצַמֶּרֶת אֲרָזִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**propound a riddle** The prophecy in this chapter is expressed as a riddle, [in] which he compares Nebuchadnezzar to an eagle and the kings of Judah to the lofty top of cedars.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:3:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:3:1)

**אֶרֶךְ הָאֵבֶר.** כְּמוֹ: כָּנָף, אֵילָ״א בְּלַעַ״ז; לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ, לְשׁוֹן אֵבָרִים מַמָּשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**long pinions** Heb. אֵבֶר like כָּנָף, wing, aile in French. Another explanation: as its apparent meaning, an expression of actual limbs.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:3:2
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**הָרִקְמָה.** נוֹצָתוֹ נָאָה וּמְצֻיֶּרֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**diverse colors** Heb. קָרְמָה [lit. embroidered]. Its feathers are beautiful and ornate.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:3:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:3:3)

**אֶת צַמֶּרֶת הָאָרֶז.** כָּל נוֹף הָאִילָן, וּבְלַעַ״ז צִימָ״א; הוּא מָשָׁל, שֶׁהִגְלָה אֶת יְהוֹיָקִים וְגִבּוֹרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the lofty top of the cedar** Heb. צַמֶרֶת, all the foliage of the tree, cime in French. This is a parable representing Jehoiakim and his mighty men.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:4:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:4:1)

**אֶת רֹאשׁ יְנִיקוֹתָיו קָטָף.** גְּדֻלָּתוֹ וּמַלְכוּתוֹ הִשְׁפִּיל. **יְנִיקוֹתָיו** כְּמוֹ עֲנָפָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He plucked the top of its branches** Heb. יְנִיקוֹתָיו. He humbled his [Jehoiakim’s] greatness and his monarchy. יְנִיקוֹתָיו is like עַנָפָיו, its branches.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:4:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:4:2)

**וַיְבִיאֵהוּ אֶל אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן.** אֶל אֶרֶץ תַּגָּרִים, הִיא בָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and brought to a land of merchants** Heb. כְּנַעַן, to a land of merchants; that is Babylon.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:5:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:5:1)

**וַיִּקַּח מִזֶּרַע הָאָרֶץ.** אֶת צִדְקִיָּהוּ בְּנוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then he took of the seed of the land** Zedekiah his son.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:5:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:5:2)

**בִּשְׂדֵה זֶרַע.** בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם, בְּעִיר מְלוּכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in a fertile field** [lit. in a field of seed.] In Jerusalem, in the capital city.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:5:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:5:3)

**קַח עַל מַיִם רַבִּים.** נִשְׁרַשׁ עַל מַיִם רַבִּים, כְּלוֹמַר: נָתַן לוֹ גְּדֻלָּה וּמֶמְשָׁלָה עַל סְבִיבָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it took [root] beside abundant waters** Heb. קַח, it took. It became rooted beside abundant waters, i.e., he gave him greatness and dominion over his surroundings.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:5:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:5:4)

**צַפְצָפָה.** מִין אִילָן עֲרָבָה, שֶׁעֲנָפָיו מְרֻבִּים שאלק״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a mountain willow he made it** Heb. צַפְצָפָה, a species of willow tree which has many branches, saice in Old French, a willow.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:1
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**סוֹרַחַת.** כְּמוֹ ״וְסֶרַח הָעוֹדֵף״ (שמות כו:יב), גְּדוֹלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**spreading** Heb. סוֹרַחַת, like (Exod. 26:12): “And the overhanging length (וְסֶרַח),” large.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:6:2)

**שִׁפְלַת קוֹמָה.** לַעֲבֹד לְמֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of low stature** to serve the king of Babylon.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:6:3)

**דָּלִיּוֹתָיו.** זְמוֹרוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its tendrils** Heb. דָּלִיוֹתָיו, its branches.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:6:4)

**אֵלָיו.** אֶל מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to him** to the king of Babylon.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:5
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:6:5)

**תַּחְתָּיו.** תַּחַת מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**under him** under the king of Babylon


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:6
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:6:6)

**בַּדִּים.** מוֹטוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**branches** Heb. בַּדִים,staves.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:7
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:6:7)

**וַתְּשַׁלַּח.** וַתִּגְדַּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and sent forth** It grew.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:8
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:6:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:6:8)

**פֹּארוֹת.** עֲנָפִים רַבִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**boughs** many leaves.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:7:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:7:1)

**וַיְהִי נֶשֶׁר אֶחָד.** מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now there was one...eagle** The king of Egypt.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:7:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:7:2)

**כָּפְנָה שָׁרֳשֶׁיהָ.** לְשׁוֹן רְעָבוֹן, כְּמוֹ ״לְשֹׁד וּלְכָפָן״ (איוב ה:כב); רָעֲבוּ וְנִתְאַוּוּ שָׁרְשֵׁי הַגֶּפֶן הַזֹּאת לְאוֹתוֹ הַנֶּשֶׁר. וְיֵשׁ מַשְׁמָע **כָּפְנָה** כְּמוֹ ׳אָסְפָה׳, וְהוּא הָפוּךְ; וּבְדִבְרֵי רַבּוֹתֵינוּ יֵשׁ מִן הַדּוֹמֶה לוֹ, שֶׁקּוֹרִין לַאֲסִיפַת הָעָם ״כְּנוּפְיָא״ (שבת ס:); וְכָפְנָה הוּא כְּמוֹ כָּנְפָה; אמאש״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**gathered its roots** Heb. כָּפְנָה, an expression of hunger, like (Job 5:22): “plunder and famine (וּלְכָפָן).” The roots of this vine hungered and longed for that eagle. (Addendum:) Some explain כָּפְנָה like אָסְפָה, gathered, the letters [of כָּפְנָה] being transposed. In the words of our Sages there is something similar to it, for they call a public gathering כְּנוּפְיָא. כָּפְנָה is like כָּנְפָה, amassa in French, brought in, gathered.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:7:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:7:3)

**וְדָלִיּוֹתָיו שִׁלְּחָה לוֹ.** וּשְׁלוּחֶיהָ שִׁלְּחָה לוֹ לָבֹא אֵלֶיהָ וּ**לְהַשְׁקוֹת** אוֹתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and its tendrils it sent forth to him** And her emissaries she sent to him, to come to her and water her.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:7:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:7:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:7:4)

**מֵעֲרֻגוֹת מַטָּעָהּ.** מֵהָעוּגִיּוֹת מַיִם (משנה מועד קטן א:א) שֶׁעָשָׂה לוֹ הַנֶּשֶׁר הָרִאשׁוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from the furrows of its planting** From the water ditches that the first eagle had made for it.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:8:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:8:1)

**אֶל שָׂדֶה טוֹב וְגוֹ׳.** כְּלוֹמַר: וְעַל חִנָּם עָשְׂתָה זֹאת, כִּי **אֶל שָׂדֶה טוֹב הָיְתָה שְׁתוּלָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In a good field, etc.** i.e., she did this for no purpose, because she had been planted in a good field.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:8:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:8:2)

**לַגֶּפֶן אַדָּרֶת.** ״לַגֶּפֶן תַּקִּיף״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a sturdy vine** Heb. אַדָרֶת, a sturdy vine.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:9:1)

**אֱמֹר.** כָּל הָאַלְפָּא בֵּיתָא בְּמִקְרָא זֶה, וְתָמֵיהַּ אֲנִי כִּי אֵינוֹ נִמְנֶה בַּמָּסוֹרֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Say** The entire Hebrew alphabet is found in this verse, and I am puzzled that it is not listed in the Masorah.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:9:2)

**יְנַתֵּק.** הַנֶּשֶׁר הָרִאשׁוֹן (לעיל, ג):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[Will he not] pull up its roots** The first eagle.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:9:3)

**אֶת פִּרְיָהּ יְקוֹסֵס.** כְּמוֹ יְקוֹצֵץ, הֵם בְּנֵי צִדְקִיָּהוּ שֶׁשְּׁחָטָן לְעֵינָיו (מלכים ב כה:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and cut off its fruits** Heb. יְקוֹסֵס, like יְקוֹצֵץ, will cut off. They are Zedekiah’s sons, whom he slaughtered before his eyes.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:4
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:9:4)

**טַרְפֵּי.** עֲלֵי, פוייליי״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the leaves of** Heb. טַרְפֵי, leaves, feuilles in French.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:5
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:9:5)

**וְלֹא בִזְרוֹעַ גְּדוֹלָה וּבְעַם רָב.** יָבֹא הַנֶּשֶׁר הַשֵּׁנִי (לעיל, ז) לְעֶזְרָתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And not with great power and many people** will the second eagle come to their assistance.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:6
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:9:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:9:6)

**לְמַשְׂאוֹת אוֹתָהּ מִשָּׁרָשֶׁיהָ.** לְנֹכַח הָעוֹקְרוֹת וּמְסִיעוֹת אוֹתָהּ מִשָּׁרָשֶׁיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**against those who rip it out by its roots** Against those who uproot and pull it out by its roots.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:10:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:10:1)

**וְהִנֵּה.** עַתָּה שְׁתוּלָה כִּרְצוֹנָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And behold** now it is planted as they wished.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:10:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:10:2)

**הֲתִצְלָח.** אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁתִּצְלַח זוֹ, שֶׁבָּגְדָה בְּמִי שֶׁנְּטָעָהּ רִאשׁוֹן?!

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will it prosper** Is it possible that it will prosper, this one that betrayed the one who planted it originally?


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:12:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:12:1)

**מָה אֵלֶּה.** מָה הַחִידָה הַזֹּאת; וּפֵירְשָׁהּ לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**what these are** What this riddle is, and he explained it to them.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:12:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:12:2)

**וַיִּקַּח אֶת מַלְכָּהּ וְאֶת שָׂרֶיהָ.** הֵם **צַמֶּרֶת הָאֶרֶז**, יְהוֹיָקִים וְשָׂרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**took away its king and its princes** They are the “lofty top of the cedar,” Jehoiakim and his princes.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:12:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:12:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:12:3)

**בָּבֶלָה.** הִיא **עִיר הָרוֹכְלִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to Babylon** That is the “city of traffickers.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:13:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:13:1)

**מִזֶּרַע הַמְּלוּכָה.** צִדְקִיָּהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of the royal seed** Zedekiah.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:13:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:13:2)

**אֵילֵי הָאָרֶץ.** שָׂרֵי הָאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the mighty of the land** The princes of the land.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:14:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:14:1)

**לְעָמְדָהּ.** לְמַעַן יִתְקַיֵּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that it might stand** That it might endure.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:17:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:17:1)

**בִּשְׁפֹּךְ סוֹלְלָה.** כְּשֶׁיָּבֹא נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר וְיִשְׁפֹּךְ סוֹלְלָה עַל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**when he cast up mounds** When Nebuchadnezzar comes and casts up mounds against Jerusalem.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:17:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:17:2)

**לְהַכְרִית נְפָשׁוֹת רַבּוֹת.** לַהֲרוֹג אֶת בְּנֵי הָעִיר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to cut off many souls** To slay the people of the city.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:18:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:18:1)

**נָתַן יָדוֹ.** הִבְטִיחַ בֶּאֱמוּנָה, וְנָשָׂא יָדוֹ בִּ**בְרִית**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he gave his hand** He promised in good faith and raised his hand in a covenant.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:19:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:19:1)

**וּנְתַתִּיו בְּרֹאשׁוֹ.** הוּא סִימּוּי עֵינָיו (מלכים ב כה:ז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will bring it upon his head** [lit. put it in his head.] That is the blinding of his eyes.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:20:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:20:1)

**וּפָרַשְׂתִּי עָלָיו רִשְׁתִּי.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁפֵּירַשְׁתִּיו לְמַעְלָה בִּתְחִלַּת הַסֵּפֶר (יחזקאל יב:יג), שֶׁזִּמֵּן צְבִי לַהֲלוֹךְ עַל גַּג הַמְּעָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will spread My net over him** as I explained above at the beginning of the Book (12:13): that He set up a deer to walk on the roof of the cave.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:20:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:20:2)

**וְנִשְׁפַּטְתִּי.** וְאֶתְוַכַּח עִמּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and contend** And I will debate with him.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:21:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:21:1)

**וְאֵת כָּל מִבְרָחָיו.** כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״וְיָת כָּל גִּבָּרוֹהִי״; וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ עִם ״בְּרַח דּוֹדִי״ (שיר השירים ח:יד); וְכֹה פִּתְרוֹנוֹ: וְאֵת כָּל הַבּוֹרְחִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And all his fugitives** Heb. מִבְרָחָיו. According to Targum, and all his mighty men. But Menachem (p. 48) associated it with (Song 8:10): “Flee (בְּרַח) my beloved,” and this is its interpretation: and all those who fled.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:21:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:21:2)

**בְּכָל אֲגַפָּיו.** בְּכָל כַּנְפֵיהֶם, כְּלוֹמַר בְּכָל כֹּחָם, **בַּחֶרֶב יִפֹּלוּ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with all his wings** Heb. אַגַפָּיו with all their wings, i.e., with all their strength they will fall by the sword.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:21:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:21:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:21:3)

**יִפָּרֵשׂוּ.** שרונאפנדו״ן בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**will disperse** Seront repandus, will be scattered.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:22:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:22:1)

**וְנָתַתִּי.** כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ ״וַאֲקַיְּמִינֵיהּ״. **וְלָקַחְתִּי אֲנִי** אֶת מֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will place [it]** As the Targum renders: and I will establish him. **And I Myself will take** And I will take the King Messiah.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:22:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:22:2)

**רַךְ אֶקְטֹף.** אֵין דֶּרֶךְ לְהַרְכִּיב, אֶלָּא מִן הָרַךְ שֶׁגָּדַל אֶשְׁתָּקַד, שֶׁקּוֹרִין ׳גְּרַפְיָיא׳ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a tender one** It is customary to graft only from the tender [sprigs] that grew the previous year, called grayfe in Old French, a shoot, graft.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:22:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:22:3)

**וְתָלוּל.** לְשׁוֹן ״תֵּל״ (דברים יג:יז), שֶׁדֶּרֶךְ תֵּל לִהְיוֹת גָּבוֹהַּ וְתָלוּל; אמונצלי״ה בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and lofty** Heb. וְתָלוּל, from the word mound, תֵּל, for a mound is usually high and lofty; amonceler in French, to heap up.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:23:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:23:1)

**תִּשְׁכֹּנָּה.** דַּגְשׁוּת הַנּוּ״ן מְשַׁמֵּשׁ תַּחַת נוּ״ן שְׁנִיָּה, כְּאִלּוּ כָּתוּב תִּשְׁכֹּנְנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall they dwell** Heb. תִּשְּׁכֹּנָה. The ‘dagesh’ in the ‘nun’ serves instead of a second ‘nun,’ as though it were written תִּשּׁכֹּנְנָה.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:24:1
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:24:1)

**הִשְׁפַּלְתִּי עֵץ גָּבֹהַּ.** אֶת הַכַּשְׂדִּים שֶׁהָיוּ מוֹשְׁלִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I...have lowered the high tree** The nations that were ruling over Israel.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:24:2
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:24:2)

**הוֹבַשְׁתִּי עֵץ לָח.** צִדְקִיָּהוּ וְזַרְעוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have dried up the green tree** Zedekiah and his seed.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 17:24:3
[Rashi on Ezekiel 17:24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Ezekiel/r/17:24:3)

**וְהִפְרַחְתִּי עֵץ יָבֵשׁ.** יְהוֹיָכִין שֶׁגָּלָה בְּלֹא בָנִים (מלכים ב כד:טו-טז) יוֹלִיד בְּבָבֶל אֶת זְרֻבָּבֶל, וְהוּא יִהְיֶה פַּחַת יְהוּדָה לִמְשׁוֹל (חגי א:א; דברי הימים א ג:יז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and have made the dry tree blossom** Jehoiachin, who was exiled without children, will beget Zerubbabel in Babylon, and he will be the governor of Judea, [appointed] to rule.