## Rashi on Nahum Chapter 2

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

**שַׁלְּמִי נְדָרָיִךְ.** אֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתָּ לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אִם יַצִּילְךָ מִכַּף סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר, כִּי עַתָּה נִצַּלְתָּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**pay your vows**—that you vowed to the Holy One, blessed be He, if He would save you from the hand of Sennacherib, king of Assyria - for now you are saved.


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

**כִּי לֹא יוֹסִיף עוֹד לַעֲבָר בָּךְ.** אוֹתוֹ הַבְּלִיַּעַל.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for... shall no longer continue to pass through you**—that wicked one.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:1:3
[Rashi on Nahum 2:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:1:3)

**כֻּלֹּה נִכְרָת.** הוּא וְזַרְעוֹ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he has been completely cut off**—he and his descendants.


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

**עָלָה מֵפִיץ עַל פָּנַיִךְ נָצוֹר מְצוּרָה.** הַמֵּפִיץ אֲשֶׁר עָלָה עַל פָּנֶיךָ אֶל אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה בִּימֵי יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ, עַכְשָׁיו הוּא נָצוֹר מְצוּרָה, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל שֶׁהוּא צָר עָלָיו.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The scatterer who came up before you is besieged by a siege**—The scatterer, who came up upon the land of Judah before you during the time of Hezekiah, is now besieged by the siege of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who has besieged him.


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

**צְפֵה דֶרֶךְ.** הַבֵּט אַתָּה אִישׁ יְהוּדָה עַל אֵם הַדְּרָכִים וְתִרְאֶה אֶת הַהוֹלְכִים לָצוּר עָלָיו, וְיִתְחַזְּקוּ מָתְנֶיךָ וְאַמֵּץ כֹּחַ מְאֹד.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Watch the way**—You men of Judah, watch the crossroads and see those going to besiege him [Sennacherib] and strengthen your loins and fortify your power mightily.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:3:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:3:1)

**כִּגְאוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל.** כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָיָה כְּבָר.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as the pride of Israel**—As it was already.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:3:2
[Rashi on Nahum 2:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:3:2)

**בְּקָקוּם.** בְּזָזוּם וְהֵרִיקוּם, לְשׁוֹן ׳בְּקִיקָה׳ נוֹפֵל עַל גֶּפֶן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the emptiers have emptied them out**—They have plundered them and emptied them. The expression of בְּקִיקָה is appropriate for a vine.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:4:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:4:1)

**מָגֵן גִּבּוֹרֵיהוּ.** שֶׁל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הַצָּרִים עַל אַשּׁוּר.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The shields of his mighty men**—The mighty of Nebuchadnezzar, who lay siege to Assyria.


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

**מְאָדָּם.** מְאָדָּמִים הֵם. וְאַנְשֵׁי חֵילָם **מְתֻלָּעִים.** לְבוּשֵׁי זְהוֹרִית.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are dyed red**—They are dyed red, **and the men of their army are in crimson**, dressed in crimson.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:4:3
[Rashi on Nahum 2:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:4:3)

**בָּאֵשׁ פְּלָדוֹת הָרֶכֶב בְּיוֹם הֲכִינוֹ.** בְּיוֹם שֶׁהוּא מוּכָן לָצֵאת בַּצָּבָא מְצַחְצֵחַ רֶכֶב בַּרְזֶל שֶׁלּוֹ, וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מַהוּ פְּלָדוֹת, וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁהוּא מִין הַמְּצַחְצַחַת בַּרְזֶל יָפֶה, וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִין פְּלָדוֹת לְשׁוֹן ׳לַפִּיד אֵשׁ׳ בְּדֶרֶךְ הַהֵפֶךְ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the chariots are in the fire of torches on the day of his preparation** Heb. פְּלָדֹת. On the day that he [Nebuchadnezzar] is prepared to go out in the army, he polishes his iron chariots, but I do not know what פְּלָדֹת means. I say that it is a material that polishes iron well. And some interpret פְּלָדֹת as an expression of a fiery torch (לַפִּיד), by transposing the letters.


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

**וְהַבְּרֹשִׁים הָרְעָלוּ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְרַבְנֵי מַשְׁרִיתְהוֹן מְסַרְבְּלִין בְּצִבְעוֹנִין״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the cypresses are enwrapped**—*Jonathan* renders: And the heads of the [Babylonian] camps are enwrapped in colored garments.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:4:5
[Rashi on Nahum 2:4:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:4:5)

**הָרְעָלוּ.** מְעֻטָּפִין, וְדוֹמֶה לוֹ (ישעיהו ג:יט) ״הַנְּטִיפוֹת וְהַשֵּׁרוֹת וְהָרְעָלוֹת״. וּבִלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה שָׁנִינוּ ״מַדְיוֹת רְעוּלוֹת״ מַסֶּכֶת שַׁבָּת (דף ס״ה, ע״ש).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are enwrapped** Heb. הַרְעָלוּ, enwrapped. Similar is (Isa. 3:19) “The necklaces and the bracelets and the shawls (הָרְעָלוֹת).” In the language of the Mishnah we learned “shawled (רְעוּלוֹת) Arabian women” in tractate *Shabbath* (65a).


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:5:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:5:1)

**יִתְהוֹלָלוּ.** יִנְהֲגוּ עַצְמָן בְּשִׁגָּעוֹן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall dash about madly**—They shall behave madly.


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

**יִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּן.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״קָל נְקוּשׁ זַיְּנֵיהוֹן מִשְׁתְּמַע״, וְהוּא מִלְּשׁוֹן ״וְהֵשִׁיקוּ הַיְקָבִים״ (יואל ב:כד), ״כְּמַשַּׁק גֵּבִים״ (ישעיהו לג:ד), לְשׁוֹן ׳הַשְׁמָעַת קוֹל׳.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they shall clatter** Heb. יִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּן. *Jonathan*renders: The sound of the clattering of their weapons is heard. And that is from the expression (Joel 2:24) “And the vats shall roar (וְהֵשִׁיקוּ),” and (Isa. 33:4) “Like the roaring (כְּמַשַק) of the cisterns.” It is an expression of making a sound heard.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:5:3
[Rashi on Nahum 2:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:5:3)

**יְרוֹצֵצוּ.** יְרוֹעֲעוּ אֶת הַשּׁוֹמְעִים כַּבְּרָקִים הַלָּלוּ הַטּוֹרְדִים אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת, כֵּן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they shatter**—They shatter their listeners like these lightnings, which agitate the creatures. So did *Jonathan* render it.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:6:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:6:1)

**יִזְכֹּר.** מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֶת אַדִּירָיו וְגִבּוֹרָיו וִידַמֶּה בְּלִבּוֹ לָצֵאת וּלְהִלָּחֵם, וְהֵם יִכָּשְׁלוּ בַּהֲלִיכָתָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He shall remember**—The king of Assyria shall remember his mighty men and his heroes, and he shall contemplate going forth and waging war, but [he and his men] shall stumble in their walk.


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

**יְמַהֲרוּ חוֹמָתָהּ.** לָנוּס, לָרוּץ אֶל חוֹמַת הָעִיר. כָּל תֵּיבָה הַצְּרִיכָה לָמֶ״ד בִּתְחִלָּתָהּ הִטִּיל לָהּ הֵ״א בְּסוֹפָהּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they shall hasten to its wall**—to flee to run to the wall of the city. Any word requiring a “lammed” in its beginning has a “hey” at its end.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:6:3
[Rashi on Nahum 2:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:6:3)

**וְהֻכַן הַסֹּכֵךְ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״יְבַנּוּן מַגְדְּלַיָּא״. וְיֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ ״וְהֻכַן הַסֹּכֵךְ״ – וְהַמֶּלֶךְ נִזְדַּיֵּן בִּכְלֵי זֵינוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״מִמְשַׁח הַסּוֹכֵךְ״, לְשׁוֹן ׳מוֹשֵׁל׳.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the protector is armed** Heb. הַסֹּכֵךְ. *Jonathan* renders: They shall build towers. We can also explain וְהֻכַן הַסֹּכֵךְ: and the king shall be armed with his weapons, as in (Ezek.28:14) “who shelters over a great distance (מִמְשַׁח הַסֹּכֵךְ),” an expression of ruling.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:7:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:7:1)

**שַׁעֲרֵי הַנְּהָרוֹת.** שַׁעֲרֵי הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר מִצַּד הַנְּהָרוֹת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The gates of the river**—The gates of the cities, which are on the sides of the rivers.


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

**וְהַהֵיכָל נָמוֹג.** נִרְעַד וְנָע מִכֹּחַ אַבְנֵי בְּלִיסְטְרָא הַנִּזְרָקִים בִּכְתָלָיו הַנִּקְרָא בומ״א.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the palace has dissolved**—It has quaked and trembled because of the stones of the catapult hurled against its walls, called bombe.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:8:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:8:1)

**וְהֻצַּב.** הִיא הַמַּלְכָּה הַנִּצֶּבֶת לִימִין הַמֶּלֶךְ, כְּדַאֲמְרִינָן (תהילים מה:י) ״נִצְּבָה שֵׁגַל לִימִינְךָ״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the queen** Heb. וְהֻצַּב. She is the queen who stands to the right of the king, as is stated (Ps. 45:10): “The queen stands to your right.”


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

**גֻּלְּתָה הֹעֲלָתָה.** בְּגִלּוּי הָלְכָה בַּשְּׁבִי וְהָעֳלְתָה מִן הָעִיר.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**has been exposed and taken away**—In the open, she has gone into captivity and has been taken away from the city.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:8:3
[Rashi on Nahum 2:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:8:3)

**מְנַהֲגוֹת כְּקוֹל יוֹנִים.** מְנַהֲגוֹת עַצְמָן בְּקִינָה כְּקוֹל יוֹנִים הַמְּקוֹנְנִים. **מְנַהֲגוֹת** – שרימייצנ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**moan like the voice of doves**—They moan with a lamentation like the voice of lamenting doves. **moan** Heb. מְנַהֲגוֹת, gemissant in French.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:8:4
[Rashi on Nahum 2:8:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:8:4)

**מְתֹפְפֹת עַל לְבָבְהֶן.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: מַקִּישׁוֹת יְדֵיהֶן עַל לִבָּן כְּהַקִּישׁ בַּתּוּפִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**beating their breasts** Striking their hand on their heart like the beating of a drum.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:9:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:9:1)

**וְנִינְוֵה כִּבְרֵכַת מַיִם מִימֵי הִיא.** מִיּוֹם שֶׁהִיא נַעֲשֵׂית יָשְׁבָה בְּשַׁלְוָה וְאֵין מֵנִיד, כִּבְרֵכַת מַיִם מְכֻנָּסִין שֶׁאֵין זָזִים מִמְּקוֹמָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And Nineveh is like a pool of water - it is since days of yore**—Since the day it was founded, it has been sitting tranquilly with no one disturbing it, like a pool of gathered water that does not move from its place.


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

**וְהֵמָּה.** עַתָּה מֵרֹב דָּחֳקָם לָמְדוּ לָנוּס וְנָסִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they**—Now, out of their stress, they have learned to flee and are fleeing.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:9:3
[Rashi on Nahum 2:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:9:3)

**עִמְדוּ עֲמֹדוּ.** אוֹמְרִים לָהֶם וְאֵין מַפְנֶה לִבּוֹ לִשְׁמֹעַ וְלַעֲמֹד.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Halt! Halt!**—They say to them, but no one turns his heart to listen and halt.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:10:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:10:1)

**בֹּזּוּ כֶסֶף.** אַתֶּם הַבָּאִים עַל נִינְוֵה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Plunder silver! Plunder gold!**—You who come upon Nineveh.


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

**וְאֵין קֵצֶה.** אֵין חֶשְׁבּוֹן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And there is no end**—There is no count.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:10:3
[Rashi on Nahum 2:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:10:3)

**לְתְּכוּנָה.** לְאוֹצְרוֹתֵיהֶם. עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהַכֶּסֶף וְהַזָּהָב הַנָּתוּן בָּאוֹצָר נָתוּן בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר ״אֶת הַכֶּסֶף הַמְתֻכָּן״ (מלכים ב יב:יב).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the treasures** Heb. לְתְּכוּנָה, to their treasures. [It is called תְּכוּנָה] because the silver and gold placed in the treasury is placed there with a count, as you say (II Kings 12:12): “The counted (הַמְתֻכּן) money.” [following *Jonathan*]


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:10:4
[Rashi on Nahum 2:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:10:4)

**כָּבֹד מִכָּל כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה.** לְשׁוֹן ׳הַכְבָּדָה׳, כְּמוֹ (לקמן ג:טו) ״הִתְכַּבֵּד כַּיֶּלֶק״, לְשׁוֹן ׳מְכַבֵּד הַבַּיִת׳, אשקוונ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז, וּלְכַבֵּד אוֹתָם מִכָּל כְּלֵי חֶמְדָּתָא. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״סָפוּ מִכָּל מָנֵי חֶמְדָּתָא״, ׳כָּבֹד׳ כְּמוֹ זָכוֹר וְשָׁמוֹר.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to sweep out [Nineveh] of all precious vessels** Heb. כָּבֹד, an expression of sweeping, as in (below, 3:15) “You shall be swept out (הִתְכַּבְדִי) like the nibbling locust,” an expression of sweeping the house; escovant, to sweep them out of all their precious vessels. And so did *Jonathan* render it: All precious vessels have ended. כָּבֹד is like זָכוֹר, to remember, and שָמוֹר, to observe.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:11:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:11:1)

**בּוּקָה.** רֵיקָנִית.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Empty** Heb. בּוּקָה.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:11:2
[Rashi on Nahum 2:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:11:2)

**וּמְבוּקָה.** וּמְרוֹקֶנֶת עַל יְדֵי בּוֹקְקִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**yea, emptied out** Heb. וּמְבוּקָה, and emptied out through emptiers.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:11:3
[Rashi on Nahum 2:11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:11:3)

**וּמְבֻלָּקָה.** מְפֹרֶצֶת בְּחוֹמוֹתֶיהָ, אישברטיר״א בְּלַעַ״ז.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and breached** Heb. וּמְבֻלָּקָה, breached in its walls: *espartide* in O.F.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:11:4
[Rashi on Nahum 2:11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:11:4)

**וּפִק בִּרְכַּיִם.** כִּשְׁלוֹן בִּרְכַּיִם, כְּמוֹ (שמואל א כה:לא) ״לְפוּקָה וּלְמִכְשׁוֹל״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the knees stumble** Heb. וּפִק, the stumbling of the knees, as, in (I Sam. 25:31) “As a stumbling block and a remorse.”


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:11:5
[Rashi on Nahum 2:11:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:11:5)

**קִבְּצוּ פָארוּר.** שַׁחְרוּרִית כַּקְּדֵרָה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**have gathered blackness** Heb. פָארוּר, blackness like a pot.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:12:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:12:1)

**אַיֵּה מְעוֹן אֲרָיוֹת.** קִינָה הִיא עַל נִינְוֵה שֶׁהָיְתָה מְדוֹר מְלָכִים גִּבּוֹרִים וַחֲזָקִים כַּאֲרָיוֹת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Where is the lions’ den?**—This is a lamentation over Nineveh, which was the dwellings of kings, hard and strong as lions.


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

**אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ אַרְיֵה לָבִיא שָׁם.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״אֲתַר דַּהֲווֹ אָזְלִין מַלְכִּין וְשָׁבְקִין תַּמָּן בְּנֵיהוֹן, הָא כְּאַרְיָה דְּשָׁרֵי לְרוּחְצָן״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**where the grown lion and the old lion went**—The place where the kings would go and leave their children there, like a lion that dwelt securely.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:13:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:13:1)

**אַרְיֵה טֹרֵף בְּדֵי גּוֹרוֹתָיו.** כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: מַלְכֵּיהּ הֲיוּ מְבִיאִים שָׁלָל רַב עַד שֶׁהָיָה דֵּי לִבְנֵי בֵּיתָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The grown lion tore enough for his whelps**—As *Jonathan* renders it: The kings would bring much plunder, until there was enough for the members of their households.


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

**וּמְחַנֵּק.** בְּהֵמוֹת לְצֹרֶךְ לִבְאוֹתָיו, כְּלוֹמַר מַרְבֶּה אוֹצְרוֹתָיו לְבָנָיו.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and strangled**—beasts, for the necessity of his lionesses; i.e., he would increase his treasures for his children (sic). **for his lionesses**—for his wives.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:13:3
[Rashi on Nahum 2:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:13:3)

**וַיְמַלֵּא טֶרֶף חֹרָיו.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וּמְמַלָּן אוֹצְרוֹתֵיהֶן חֲטוּף״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he filled his caves with prey**—And they filled their treasuries with plunder.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:14:1
[Rashi on Nahum 2:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:14:1)

**רִכְבָּהּ.** רֹב רֶכֶב שֶׁבָּהּ, קרטדי״ן בְּלַעַ״ז, הֵ״א יְתֵרָה, הֵפֶךְ הַלָּשׁוֹן לְרִבּוּי מַרְכָּבוֹת, וְכֵן (יחזקאל כד:ו) ״סִיר אֲשֶׁר חֶלְאָתָהּ בָּהּ״, זֹהַם רַב.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**her chariots**—The multiplicity of the chariots therein; *caraijedic* in O.F. -army of chariots. The additional “hey” converts the language to mean many chariots. Simliarly, there is (Ezek 24:6) “The pot in which there is filth (חֶלְאָתָה),” much filth.


###### Rashi on Nahum 2:14:2
[Rashi on Nahum 2:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/2:14:2)

**וְלֹא יִשָּׁמַע עוֹד קוֹל מַלְאָכֵכֵה.** קוֹל מַלְאָכֵיךְ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשָׂה כְּבָר רַבְשָׁקֵה וַחֲבֵרָיו שְׁלוּחֵי אַשּׁוּר (ישעיה לז:יג) ״וַיִּקְרָא בְקוֹל גָּדוֹל יְהוּדִית״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the voice of your ambassadors** Heb. מַלְאָכֵכֵה. The voice of your ambassadors, as Rabshakeh and his colleagues, the ambassadors of Assyria, had already done, “And called in a loud voice in Judean” (Isa. 36:13).