## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 11

###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:1:1
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**וְיָצָא חֹטֶר מִגֵּזַע יִשָׁי.** וְאִם תֹּאמְרוּ: ״הֲרֵי תַּנְחוּמִין לְחִזְקִיָּהוּ וְעַמּוֹ שֶׁלֹּא יִפְּלוּ בְּיָדוֹ, וּמַה תְּהֵא עַל הַגּוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר הָגְלָה בַּחֲלַח וְחָבוֹר, שֶׁמָּא אָבַד סִבְרָם?״ – לֹא אָבַד! סוֹף שֶׁיָּבֹא מֶלֶךְ מְשִׁיחֵנוּ וְיִגְאָלֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And a shoot shall spring forth from the stem of Jesse** And if you say, ‘Here are consolations for Hezekiah and his people, that they shall not fall into his hands. Now what will be with the exile that was exiled to Halah and Habor, is their hope lost?’ It is not lost! Eventually, the King Messiah shall come and redeem them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:1:2
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**חֹטֶר.** שֵׁבֶט מְלוּכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a shoot** [This is symbolic of] the royal scepter.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:1:3
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**וְנֵצֶר.** לְשׁוֹן יוֹנֵק אִילָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a twig** an expression of a sapling.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:1:4
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**וְנֵצֶר מִשָּׁרָשָׁיו יִפְרֶה.** וּבְכָל הָעִנְיָן, וּבְסוֹפוֹ ״וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יוֹסִיף ה׳ שֵׁנִית יָדוֹ״ (ישעיהו יא:יא) – הֲרֵי שֶׁנֶּאֶמְרָה נְבוּאָה זוֹ לְנֶחָמַת הַגּוֹלִים מֵאַשּׁוּר. (אָמַר הַמַּעְתִּיק: בִּימֵי חָרְפִּי הִקְשֵׁיתִי לִשְׁאוֹל לְכַמָּה גְּאוֹנִים עַל מַה שֶׁכָּתַב אֲדוֹנִי מוֹרִי זְקֵנִי הָרַמָּ״א בְּהַגָּהָה בְּהִלְכוֹת רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה שֶׁאֱגוֹז בְּגִימַטְרִיָּא חֵ״ט וַהֲלֹא הוּא גַּם גִּימַטְרִיָּא טוֹ״ב, וְתֵרַצְתִּי עַל פִּי הַזֹּהַר מַה שֶׁהִקְשָׁה רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אֶת אָבִיו רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בַּר יוֹחַאי):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a twig shall sprout from its roots** and the entire section, and at the end (v. 11), “And it shall come to pass, that on that day, the Lord shall apply His hand again...[from Assyria]...Hence, [it is obvious] that this prophecy was said to console those exiled to Assyria.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:3:1
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**וַהֲרִיחוֹ בְּיִרְאַת ה׳.** יְמַלֵּא רוּחַ יִרְאַת ה׳, ובלע״ז איראונמירלו״י:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he shall be animated by the fear of the Lord** He shall be filled with the fear of the Lord. [ed enos mera il luy in O.F., and He shall be enlivened.]


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:3:2
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**וְלֹא לְמַרְאֵה עֵינָיו יִשְׁפּוֹט.** כִּי בְּחָכְמַת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְּקִרְבּוֹ יֵדַע וְיָבִין מִי זַכַּאי וּמִי חַיָּב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and neither with the sight of his eyes shall he judge** For, with the wisdom of the Holy One, blessed be He, which is within him, will he know and understand who is innocent and who is guilty.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:4:1
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**בְּמִישׁוֹר.** לָשׁוֹן נוֹחַ וְרַךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with equity** This is an expression of mildness and tenderness.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:4:2
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**וְהִכָּה אֶרֶץ בְּשֵׁבֶט פִּיו.** כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״וְיִמְחֵי חַיָּבֵי אַרְעָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth** As the Targum states: And he shall smite the sinful of the earth.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:4:3
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**וּבְרוּחַ שְׂפָתָיו.** ״וּבִמְמַלַּל סִפְוָותֵיהּ״ (תרגום יונתן)׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and with the breath of his lips** Jonathan [renders:] And with the speech of his lips.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:5:1
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**וְהָיָה צֶדֶק אֵזוֹר מָתְנָיו.** ״וִיהוֹן צַדִּיקַיָּא סְחוֹר סְחוֹר לֵיהּ״ (תרגום יונתן), דְּבֵקִים בּוֹ כָּאֵזוֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins** Jonathan [renders:] And the righteous shall surround him; i.e., they will cleave to him like a girdle.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:6:1
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**וּמְרִיא.** שׁוֹר פָּטָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and a fatling** a fattened ox [following Jonathan].


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:8:1
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**וְשִׁעֲשַׁע.** וְשִׂחַק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall play** Heb. וְשִׁעֲשַׁע, shall play.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:8:2
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**עַל חוּר פָּתֶן.** עַל חוֹר עָפָר שֶׁהַנָּחָשׁ מְקַנֵּן בְּתוֹכוֹ, קרו״ט בלע״ז. **פֶּתֶן** – נָחָשׁ מִשֶּׁהִזְקִין נַעֲשָׂה חֵרֵשׁ, וְנִקְרָא פֶּתֶן, שׁוּב אֵין לוֹ לַחַשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים נח:ו) ״אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִשְׁמַע לְקוֹל מְלַחֲשִׁים״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over the hole of an old snake** over a hole in the ground in which the snake makes its nest [krot in O.F.], a cave. an old snake פֶּתֶן. A snake, when it ages, becomes deaf and is called פֶּתֶן. From then on, it cannot be charmed; as it is said (Psalms 58:6): “Who will not hearken to the voice of charmers.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:8:3
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**וְעַל מְאוּרַת צִפְעוֹנִי.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״חִיזוּ גַּלְגְּלֵי עֵינֵי חִיוֵי חוּרְמָן״, וּמְנַחֵם (מחברת מנחם: חר) פָּתַר בּוֹ לְשׁוֹן נֶקֶב וְחוֹרֵי עָפָר, וְכֵן ״אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים״ (בראשית יא:כח), וְכֵן ״בָּאוּרִים כַּבְּדוּ אֶת ה׳״ (ישעיהו כד:טו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and over the eyeball of a venomous snake** Jonathan renders: the eyeballs of venomous snakes [מְאוּרַת from אוֹר, light]. Menahem (Machbereth Menachem p. 32) interpreted it as an expression of a hole, namely holes in the ground. Comp. (Gen. 11:28) “The valley of the Chaldees (אוּר)”; (infra 24:15) “In the valleys (בָּאוּרִים) honor the Lord.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:8:4
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**גָּמוּל.** תִּינוֹק הַגָּמוּל מִשְּׁדֵי אִמּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a weaned child** a child weaned from his mother’s breasts.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:8:5
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**יָדוֹ הָדָה.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״יְדוֹהִי יוֹשִׁיט״, כְּמוֹ ״הֵד הָרִים״ (יחזקאל ז:ז), וּכְמוֹ ״הֵידָד״ (ישעיהו טז:ט), שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן הֲרָמַת קוֹל, אַף זֶה לְשׁוֹן הֲרָמָה, וְהֵ״א אַחֲרוֹנָה בָּאָה בְּתוֹכָהּ יְסוֹד נוֹפֵל, כְּמוֹ: עָשָׂה, בָּנָה, קָנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall stretch forth his hand** Heb. הָדָה. Jonathan renders: shall stretch forth his hands (sic). Comp. (Ezekiel 7:7) “The joyful call (הֵד) of the mountains, also (infra 16: 9) “The cry (הֵידָד),” which is an expression of raising the voice. This, too, is an expression of raising, and the final [letter] ‘heh’ appears in it as a radical which sometimes falls out, like עָשָׂה (made), בָּנָה (built), קָנָה (acquired).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:9:1
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**דֵּעָה אֶת ה׳.** לָדַעַת אֶת ה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**knowledge of the Lord** [lit.] to know the Lord.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:10:1
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**לְנֵס עַמִּים.** לִהְיוֹת עַמִּים מְרִימִים נֵס לְהִקָּבֵץ אֵלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as a banner for peoples** that peoples should raise a banner to gather to him.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:11:1
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**שֵׁנִית.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁקְּנָאָם מִמִּצְרַיִם, שֶׁהָיְתָה גְּאֻלָּתָם בְּרוּרָה מֵאֵין שִׁעְבּוּד; אֲבָל גְּאֻלַּת בַּיִת שֵׁנִי אֵינָהּ מִן הַמִּנְיָן, שֶׁהֲרֵי מְשֻׁעְבָּדִים הָיוּ לְכוֹרֶשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a second time** Just as he acquired them from Egypt, when their redemption was absolute, without subjugation, but the redemption preceding the building of the Second Temple is not counted, since they were subjugated to Cyrus.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:11:2
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**וּמֵאִיֵּי הַיָּם.** הֵן אִיֵּי כִּתִּים, יְוָנִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and from the islands of the sea** the islands of the Kittim, the Romans, the descendants of Esau.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:12:1
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**וְנָשָׂא נֵס.** פירקא בלע״ז, וְהָיָה לְאוֹת לִקְבּוֹץ אֵלָיו וּלְהָבִיא אֶת גָּלֻיּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִנְחָה לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he shall raise a banner** Perka, perche in O.F. [i.e., the verse is literally referring to the pole upon which the banner is attached.] And it shall be for a sign to gather to him and to bring the exiles of Israel to Him as a present.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:13:1
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**אֶפְרַיִם לֹא יְקַנֵּא אֶת יְהוּדָה.** מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן יוֹסֵף וּמָשִׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד לֹא יְקַנְּאוּ זֶה בָּזֶה (שיר השירים זוטא ד:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Ephraim shall not envy Judah** The Messiah, the son of David, and the Messiah, the son of Joseph, shall not envy each other.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:14:1
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**וְעָפוּ בְכָתֵף פְּלִשְׁתִּים יָמָּה.** יָעוּפוּ וְיָרוּצוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל שְׁכֶם אֶחָד עַל הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים, אֲשֶׁר הֵם בְּמַעֲרָבָהּ שֶׁל אֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְיִכְבֹּשׁ אֶת אַרְצָם. כְּמוֹ ״דֶּרֶךְ יְרַצְּחוּ שֶׁכְמָה״ (הושע ו:ט), ״שְׁכֶם אֶחָד״ (צפניה ג:ט). וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְיִתְחַבְּרוּן כָּתֵף חַד לְמִימְחֵי פְלִישְׁתָאֵי דִּי בְמַעַרְבָא״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they shall fly of one accord against the Philistines in the west** Heb. בְכָתֵף. Israel will fly and run of one accord against the Philistines who are in the west of Eretz Israel and conquer their land. [כָּתֵף, lit. a shoulder, is used in this case to denote unity. The word שֶׁכֶם, also lit. a shoulder, is used in a similar sense.] Comp. (Hoshea 6:9) “They murder on the way in unison (שֶׁכְמָה)”; (Zeph. 3:9) “One accord (שְׁכֶם אֶחָד).” And so did Jonathan render it: And they shall join in one accord to smite the Philistines who are in the west.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:14:2
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**וּבְנֵי עַמּוֹן מִשְׁמַעְתָּם.** כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: ״יִשְׁתַּמְּעוּן לְהוֹן״, מְקַבְּלִין מִצְוָתָם עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the children of Ammon shall obey them** As the Targum states: Will hearken to them. They will accept their commandments over them.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:15:1
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**וְהֶחֱרִים.** לְיַבְּשׁוֹ כְּדֵי שֶׁיַּעַבְרוּ בּוֹ גָּלֻיּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמִּצְרַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And...shall dry up** [lit. shall cut off] to dry it, so that the exiles of Israel will pass through it from Egypt.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:15:2
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**עַל הַנָּהָר.** נְהַר פְּרָת, לַעֲבוֹר בּוֹ גָּלֻיּוֹת אַשּׁוּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**over the river** The Euphrates River, for the exiles from Assyria to cross.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:15:3
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**בַּעְיָם רוּחוֹ.** אֵין לוֹ דִמְיוֹן בַּמִּקְרָא, וּלְפִי הָעִנְיָן יִפָּתֵר: בְּחֹזֶק רוּחוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with the strength of His wind** Heb. בַּעְיָם. This is hapax legomenon in Scripture, and according to the context it can be interpreted as “with the strength of His wind.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:15:4
[Rashi on Isaiah 11:15:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/11:15:4)

**לְשִׁבְעָה נְחָלִים.** לְשִׁבְעָה גְּזָרִים, לַעֲבוֹר בּוֹ שֶׁבַע גָּלֻיּוֹת הָאֲמוּרוֹת לְמַעְלָה (ישעיהו יא:יא) ״מֵאַשּׁוּר וּמִמִּצְרַיִם וְגוֹ׳״; וּמֵאִיֵּי הַיָּם אֵינוֹ מֵאוֹתוֹ צַד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**into seven streams** into seven segments, for the aforementioned seven exiles: from Assyria and from Egypt, etc. Those from the islands of the sea are not from that side.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:15:5
[Rashi on Isaiah 11:15:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/11:15:5)

**וְהִדְרִיךְ.** בְּתוֹכוֹ אֶת הַגָּלִיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and He shall lead** the exiles within it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:15:6
[Rashi on Isaiah 11:15:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/11:15:6)

**בַּנְּעָלִים.** בַּיַּבָּשָׁה׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with shoes** on dry land.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 11:16:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 11:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/11:16:1)

**וְהָיְתָה מְסִלָּה.** בְּתוֹךְ הַמַּיִם לִשְׁאָר עַמּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And there shall be a highway** in the midst of the water for the remnant of His people.