## Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 2

###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:1:1
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**וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי בֶּן אָדָם וְגוֹ׳.** בֶּן אָדָם קוֹרֵא לִיחֶזְקֵאל, מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁרָאָה הַמֶּרְכָּבָה הוֹלֵךְ בֵּין עֲלִיָּה וּמִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהּ כְּמַלְאָכִים, לוֹמַר: אֵין כָּאן יְלוּד אִשָּׁה אֶלָּא זֶה (וכל זה אי״ש אח״ד הטעים כן לרבינו והנאהו). וְלִי נִרְאֶה, שֶׁלֹּא קְרָאוֹ בֶּן אָדָם אֶלָּא בִּשְׁבִיל שֶׁלֹּא תְּהֵא דַעְתּוֹ רְחָבָה עָלָיו, מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁהָיָה גַּס לִבּוֹ בְּמַרְאֵה הַמֶּרְכָּבָה וּבְמַלְאֲכוֹת עֶלְיוֹנִים סא״א

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He said to me: “Son of man, etc.”** He calls Ezekiel “son of man” because he saw the Celestial Chariot while walking among [the denizens of—Malbim ed.] the heavenly heights and involving himself with it like the angels, as if to say “There is no one here of woman born but this one.” (So did a man explain this to my rabbi, and he [thus] pleased him. I hold, however, that He called him “son of man” only so that he should not become haughty from having become familiar with the Celestial Chariot and with workings of the heavenly beings.This [latter remark] does not appear in other editions.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:2:1
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**אֵת מְדַבֵּר אֵלָי.** אֶת הַמִּתְדַּבֵּר עִמִּי; וְכָבוֹד הוּא לִכְתֹּב מִדַּבֵּר כְּלַפֵּי מַעְלָה, שֶׁהָאוֹמֵר ״מְדַבֵּר״ בִּשְׁוָ״א נִשְׁמָע כְּאָדָם הַמְדַבֵּר לַחֲבֵירוֹ, פּוֹנֶה אֵלָיו פָּנִים אֶל פָּנִים, וְהָאוֹמֵר מִדַּבֵּר (בחיר״ק) מַשְׁמָעוֹ שֶׁהַשְּׁכִינָה מְדַבֵּר בִּפְנֵי עַצְמוֹ, בִּכְבוֹדוֹ, וּשְׁלוּחָיו יִשְׁמְעוּ; בּוֹרְפָאלִי״ן בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**what was being spoken to me** Heb. מִדַבֵּר. What was being spoken with me. And it is respectful to write מִדַבֵּר when referring to [the One in] Heaven, for if one says מְדַבֵּר, the implication is [that He speaks] like a man who speaks to his fellow, turning to him face to face; but if one says מִדַבֵּר, it means that the Shechinah, in His eminence, is soliloquizing, and His messengers will overhear; porpariliz in Old French, intimate words.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:3:1
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**אֶל גּוֹיִם הַמּוֹרְדִים.** שְׁנֵי שְׁבָטִים קְרוּיִין שְׁנֵי גוֹיִם (בראשית רבה פב:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to rebellious nations** Two tribes are called two nations.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:4:1
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**וְהַבָּנִים.** לְפִי שֶׁאָמַר אֲבוֹתָם פָּשְׁעוּ בִי (יחזקאל ב:ג), וְאֵלּוּ בְנֵיהֶם **קְשֵׁי פָנִים**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the sons** Since He says, “their fathers rebelled against Me,” and these sons of theirs are brazen- faced.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:5:1
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**וְהֵמָּה.** שֶׁמָּא **יִשְׁמְעוּ**, שֶׁמָּא **יֶחְדְּלוּ** מִלִּשְׁמֹעַ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they whether they listen or whether they forbear** from listening.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:5:2
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**כִּי יָדַעְתִּי כִּי בֵית מְרִי.** הֵם אַנְשֵׁי קִנְתּוּרִין, אֶלָּא שֶׁאֲנִי חָפֵץ שֶׁיֵּדְעוּ לְעֵת פֻּרְעָנוּתָם **כִּי נָבִיא הָיָה בְתוֹכָם** שֶׁהוֹכִיחָם, וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for they are a rebellious house** They are remonstrative people, but I want them to know at the time of their retribution that a prophet had been in their midst who reproved them, and they did not heed.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:6:1
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**סָרָבִים.** לְשׁוֹן מַרְדּוּת, כְּלוֹמַר: סַרְבָנִים; וְדוּנָשׁ פָּתַר אוֹתוֹ לְשׁוֹן קוֹצִים, וְעֶשְׂרִים שֵׁמוֹת לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**obstinate** Heb. סָרָבִים, a term for disobedience, like סָרְבָנִים (Menachem p.129), but Dunash (p. 77) interpreted it as a word for thorns [like the next word, סלונים. Consequently] there are two words [for thorns].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:6:2
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**וְסַלּוֹנִים.** לְשׁוֹן קוֹצִים, וְכֵן ״סִלּוֹן מַמְאִיר וְקוֹץ מַכְאִיב״ (יחזקאל כח:כד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and thorny** Heb. וְסַלוֹנִים, a word for thorns, and so (below 28:24) “a pricking briar (סִלוֹן) and a piercing thorn.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:6:3
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**וְאֶל עַקְרַבִּים אַתָּה יוֹשֵׁב.** הָעָם אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה מוֹכִיחַ יִלְאוּךָ וְיַקְנִיטוּךָ, כְּאִלּוּ אַתָּה יוֹשֵׁב עַל עַקְרַבִּים, הָעוֹקְצִין אוֹתְךָ מִכָּל צְדָדֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and you sit on eglantines** Heb. עַקְרַבִּים. The people whom you reprove will weary you and provoke you [making you feel] as if you were sitting on eglantines, which prick you on all sides.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:6:4
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**עַקְרַבִּים.** אַגְלִינְטִייֵ״רְשׁ בְּלַעַ״ז. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: עַקְרַבִּים מַמָּשׁ, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וּבְגוֹ עַמָּא דְּעוֹבָדֵיהוֹן דְּמָן לְעַקְרַבִּין אַתְּ יָתִיב״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
עַקְרַבִּים are eglantiers in French, eglantines. Another interpretation: literally scorpions [the usual meaning of עַקְרַבִּים] and so did Jonathan render: “and among people whose deeds are like scorpions, you dwell.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:8:1
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**אַל תְּהִי מֶרִי.** מִלֵּילֵךְ בִּשְׁלִיחוּתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**do not be rebellious** [to refrain] from going on My mission.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:8:2
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**פְּצֵה.** פְּתַח, וְכֵן ״פָּצוּ עָלֵינוּ פִּיהֶם״ (איכה ג:מו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**open** Heb. פְּצֵה, open, and so (Lam. 3: 46): “they have opened (פָּצוּ) their mouth against us.”


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:8:3
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**פְּצֵה פִיךָ וֶאֱכֹל.** מָשָׁל הוּא: ״הַטֵּה אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמַע״ (דניאל ט:יח; מלכים ב יט:טז), וְיֶעֱרַב לְךָ כְּאִלּוּ אַתָּה אוֹכֵל מַאֲכָל לְרַעֲבוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**open your mouth and eat** This is figurative. Bend your ear and hearken, and it will please you as if you are hungrily eating food.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:8:4
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**אֶת אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נוֹתֵן אֵלֶיךָ.** מַה הִיא הַנְּתִינָה? הִיא ״מְגִלַּת הַסֵּפֶר״ (יחזקאל ב:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**what I give you** What is the giving? It is the scroll of the book.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:9:1
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**וְהִנֵּה וְגוֹ׳.** יֵשׁ דְּבָרִים מְשַׁמְּשִׁין לְשׁוֹן זָכָר וּלְשׁוֹן נְקֵיבָה, כְּמוֹ ״הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ יָצָא עַל הָאָרֶץ״ (בראשית יט:כג) ״וְזָרְחָה לָכֶם יִרְאֵי שְׁמִי שֶׁמֶשׁ וְגוֹ׳״ (מלאכי ג:כ) ״אֶל הַמַּחֲנֶה הָאַחַת וְהִכָּהוּ״ (בראשית לב:ט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and behold, etc.** Some things adopt both masculine and feminine gender, such as (Gen. 19:23): “The sun had risen (יָצָא) [msc.] over the earth, etc.”; (Mal. 3:20), “And for you who fear My name, shall the sun of mercy rise (וְזָרְחָה) [fem.]), etc.” [Likewise] (Gen. 32:9), “If Esau comes to the one camp (הָאַחַת) [fem.] and strikes it (וְהִכָּהוּ) [msc.].


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:10:1
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**פָּנִים וְאָחוֹר.** ״מָה דַּהֲוָה מִן שְׁרוּיָא וּמָה דְּעָתִיד לְמֶהֱוֵי בְּסוֹפָא״ (תרגום יונתן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**before and behind** That which existed from the beginning and that which is destined to be in the end.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:10:2
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**קִינִים.** פֻּרְעָנוּת שֶׁל צַדִּיקִים בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lamentations** The retribution of the righteous in this world.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:10:3
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**וָהֶגֶה.** מַתַּן שְׂכָרָן שֶׁיְּרַנְּנוּ עָלָיו לֶעָתִיד לָבֹא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and murmuring** Heb. וָהֶגֶה. The gift of their reward, over which they will sing in the future.


###### Rashi on Ezekiel 2:10:4
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**וָהִי.** נְהִי שֶׁל רְשָׁעִים לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא (עירובין כא.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and woe** The woe of the wicked in the world to come.