## Rashi on Nahum Chapter 3

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

**פֶּרֶק.** גֶּזֶל שֶׁמְּפָרְקוֹ מִיַּד בְּעָלָיו.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**robbery** Heb. פֶּרֶק, robbery, that one breaks it away from the hand of its owner.


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

**לֹא יָמִישׁ טֶרֶף.** מִתּוֹכָהּ תָּמִיד.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the prey departs not**—from its [i.e., the city’s] midst, it will never depart.


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

**קוֹל שׁוֹט.** לְהַכּוֹת סוּסִים הָיָה נִשְׁמָע בָּהּ תָּמִיד.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The sound of the scourge**—The sound of striking the horses was always heard therein.


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

**וְקוֹל רַעַשׁ.** אוֹפַנֵּי מַרְכָּבוֹת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the sound of the noise**—of the wheels of the chariots.


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

**וְסוּס דֹּהֵר.** דּוֹלֵג וּמְקַפֵּץ, וְכֵן ״מִדַּהֲרוֹת דַּהֲרוֹת אַבִּירָיו״ (שופטים ה:כב).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and galloping horses** Heb. דֹּהֵר, skipping and jumping. And so it is in (Jud. 5:22) “By reason of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones.”


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

**וְלַהַב חֶרֶב.** רולימל״א בְּלַעַ״ז, כִּי סַכִּין וְחֶרֶב קָרוּי ׳לַהַב׳, כְּמוֹ (שם ד:כב) ״וַיָּבֹא הַנִּצָּב אַחַר הַלַּהַב״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the blade of the sword** Heb. וְלַהַב ; lame in French; for a knife and a sword are called לַהַב. [Some mss. have: The blade of every sword is called: לַהַב, as in (Jud. 3:22) “And the haft also went in after the blade (הַלַהַב).”


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

**וּבְרַק חֲנִית.** חֲנִית מְרוּטָה וּמַבְרֶקֶת, אוֹר יוֹצֵא מִמֶּנָּה, פלנדו״ר בְּלַעַ״ז.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the burnished spear**—A burnished spear, with the light glittering from it. *Splendor* in O.F, a shine.


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

**וְכֹבֶד פָּגֶר.** הָיוּ מַרְבִּים פְּגָרִים וְלֹא הָיָה חֶשְׁבּוֹן לִגְוִיּוֹת נִבְלוֹתֶיהָ הַמֻּשְׁלָכוֹת בָּהּ, עַד שֶׁהָיוּ הָעוֹבְרִים נִכְשָׁלִים בִּגְוִיּוֹת הַפְּגָרִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**yea, the heaps of corpses**—They would make many corpses, and there was no count of the bodies of the dead cast therein, to the extent that the passersby would stumble on the bodies of the dead.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:4:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:4:1)

**מֵרֹב זְנוּנֵי זוֹנָה.** מֵרֹב חֲנוּפוֹת עִיר שֶׁהָיוּ יוֹדְעִים לְפַתּוֹת לֵב מַלְכֵי הָאָרֶץ לְהִתְחַבֵּר עִמָּם, וְסוֹף הָיוּ כּוֹבְשִׁים אוֹתָם תַּחְתֵּיהֶם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because of the many harlotries of the harlot**—Because of the extensive flattery of the city, for they knew how to seduce the kings of the earth to join them, and they would eventually subordinate [these kings] to them.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:5:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:5:1)

**שׁוּלַיִךְ.** הֵם שִׁפּוּלֵי בִּגְדֵי הָאִשָּׁה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your skirts** Heb. שׁוּלַיִךְ. They are the hems of a woman’s garments.


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

**מַעֲרֵךְ.** גִּלּוּיֵךְ, כְּמוֹ (מיכה א:יא) ״עֶרְיָה בֹשֶׁת״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**your nakedness** Heb. מַעֲרֵךְ, your exposure, as in (Micah 1:11) “With your private parts exposed (עֶרְיָה).”


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:6:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:6:1)

**שִׁקֻּצִים.** בְּגָדִים צוֹאִים הַמְנַוְּלִים אוֹתָךְ. לְפִי הָעִנְיָן שֶׁדִּמָּה אוֹתָהּ לְזוֹנָה, דִּבֵּר הַכָּתוּב.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**detestable things**—Filthy garments, which make you detestable. Scripture speaks according to the topic, for he [Nahum] compared her [Nineveh] to a harlot.


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

**כְּרֹאִי.** כְּזֶבֶל, לְשׁוֹן ״וְהֵסִיר אֶת מֻרְאָתוֹ בְּנֹצָתָהּ״ (ויקרא א:טז).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like dung** Heb. כְּרֹאִי. Like dung, an expression like (Lev. 1:16) “And he shall remove its crop (מֻרְאָתוֹ) with its intestines.”


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:7:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:7:1)

**יִדּוֹד מִמֵּךְ.** יִתְרַחֵק מִמֵּךְ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall wander away from you**—Shall distance himself from you.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:8:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:8:1)

**הֲתֵיטְבִי מִנֹּא אָמוֹן.** וּמַה תִּבְטְחִי בְּעָשְׁרֵךְ וּבִגְבוּרָתֵךְ, וְכִי גְּדוֹלָה אַתְּ מִנֹּא, הִיא אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִיָּה שֶׁל מִצְרַיִם, אָמוֹן לְשׁוֹן ׳פְּדַגוֹג׳, מִנֹּא הַגְּדוֹלָה שֶׁהָיְתָה אוֹמֶנֶת מַלְכֵי מִצְרַיִם, דִּמְרַבֵּי בָּהּ מַלְכּוּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Are you better than No-amon**—Why should you rely on your wealth and your might? Are you greater than No-amon? That is, Alexandria of Egypt. Amon is an expression of a pedagogue. [Are you greater] than the great No, which trained the kings of Egypt, for they would anoint the kings there?


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

**אֲשֶׁר חֵיל יָם.** אֲשֶׁר הָיָה הַיָּם לָהּ לְחַיִל וּלְחוֹמָה, שׁוּרָא וּבַר שׁוּרָא.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whose wall was the sea** to whom the sea was their rampart and their wall. [This mode of construction is known in Aramaic as] שורה ובר שורה, a wall and the son of a wall [referring to a large wall on the outside, opposite an inside of which is built a small wall].


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:9:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:9:1)

**כּוּשׁ עָצְמָה.** כּוּשִׁים הָיוּ לָהּ לְחֹזֶק.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Cush was [its] strength**—The Cushites were its strength.


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

**פּוּט וְלוּבִים הָיוּ בְּעֶזְרָתֵךְ.** וְהַפּוּטִים וְהַלּוּבִים אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ בְּעֶזְרָתֵךְ, גַּם הֵם הָיוּ בְּחֵילָהּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Put and the Lubim**—The Putim and the Lubim, who were your helpers, were also in her [Assyria’s] army.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:10:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:10:1)

**גַּם הִיא לַגּוֹלָה הָלְכָה.** אַף הִיא הָלְכָה בַּגּוֹלָה, אַף עַל פִּי כֵן גְּדֻלָּתָהּ לֹא עָמְדָה לִפְנֵי נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**She, too, went into exile**—She, too, went into exile. Nevertheless, their greatness did not stand up before Nebuchadnezzar.


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

**רֻתְּקוּ.** נִכְבְּלוּ, לְשׁוֹן ״רְתֻקוֹת כֶּסֶף״ (ישעיהו מ:יט), ״עֲשֵׂה הָרַתּוֹק״ (יחזקאל ז:כג), שַׁלְשְׁלָאוֹת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were bound** Heb. רֻתְּקוּ, were fettered; an expression similar to (Isa. 40:19) “And chains (וּרְתֻּקוֹת) of silver” and (Ezek. 7:23) “Make the chain (הָרַתּוֹק),” meaning a chain.


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

**בַּזִּקִּים.** שַׁלְשְׁלָאוֹת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in chains** Heb. בַזִּקִּים, chains.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:11:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:11:1)

**גַּם אַתְּ.** אַף לְפִי גְּדֻלָּתֵךְ תִּשְׁכְּרִי כְּמוֹתָהּ בְּכוֹס הַתַּרְעֵלָה וְתִהְיֶה נֶעֱלָמָה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You, too**—(Even) according to your greatness, [you] shall become drunk like her with the cup of weakness (Cf. Isa. 51:17), and you shall disappear.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:12:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:12:1)

**כָּל מִבְצָרֶיךָ תְּאֵנִים עִם בִּכּוּרִים.** כָּל עָרֵי מִבְצָרֶיךָ יִהְיוּ נוֹחִים לִכָּבֵשׁ וְלָבֹז מַה שֶּׁבְּתוֹכָהּ, כְּאִילָנֵי תְאֵנִים, וּכְשֶׁהֵן עִם בִּכּוּרוֹת מְבֻשֶּׁלֶת שֶׁבָּהֶם, שֶׁכְּשֶׁמְּנִיעִים הָאִילָן נוֹפְלִים הַבִּכּוּרִים לְתוֹךְ פִּי הָאוֹכְלִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**All your fortresses**—It shall be easy to conquer all your fortified cities and to ravage all that is in their midst, like the fig trees when they are with their first ripe fruits; when the tree is shaken, the first ripe fruits fall into the mouth of the eaters.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:12:2
[Rashi on Nahum 3:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:12:2)

**תְּאֵנִים.** אִילָנֵי תְאֵנִים.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**fig trees** Heb. תְּאֵנִים, fig trees.


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

**אִם יִנּוֹעוּ.** אֲשֶׁר אִם יִנּוֹעוּ בְּיַד אָדָם בְּחָזְקָה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**they be shaken**—which, if they be shaken hard by a man.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:14:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:14:1)

**מֵי מָצוֹר שַׁאֲבִי לָךְ.** עִיר שֶׁבָּאִים לָצוּר עָלֶיהָ, אוֹסְפִים לָהֶם בְּנֵי הָעִיר מַיִם רַבִּים לְתוֹכָהּ בְּתוֹךְ חֲבִיּוֹת לִשְׁתּוֹת בִּימֵי הַמָּצוֹר, כְּשֶׁאֵין בְּתוֹכָהּ בּוֹרוֹת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Draw siege water for yourself**—When a city is about to be besieged, the people of the city gather much water into its midst in barrels, [so that they will have water] to drink during the days of the siege, when there are no cisterns within it [the city].


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:14:2
[Rashi on Nahum 3:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:14:2)

**בֹּאִי בְּטִיט וְרִמְסִי.** אוֹתוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת מִמֶּנּוּ לְבֵנִים, כְּדֵי לְחַזֵּק בּוֹ בִּדְקֵי הַחוֹמוֹת.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**come into the clay and tread**—it, to make bricks therefrom, in order to strengthen the cracks in the wall.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:14:3
[Rashi on Nahum 3:14:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:14:3)

**הַחֲזִיקִי מַלְבֵּן.** אַחֲזִי בְּיָדֵךְ הַמַּלְבֵּן הֶעָשׂוּי לִדְפוּס הַלְּבֵנִים לִלְבֹּן בְּתוֹכָהּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**grasp the brickmold**—Hold the brickmold, which is made for a mold of the bricks in your hand, to make bricks in it.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:15:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:15:1)

**הִתְכַּבֵּד.** בְּמַטְאֲטֵי הַשְׁמֵד.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall be swept away** Heb. הִתְכַּבֵּד, with a broom of destruction.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:15:2
[Rashi on Nahum 3:15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:15:2)

**כַּיֶּלֶק.** הַגּוֹמֵר וּמְכַלֶּה כָּל יֶרֶק הַשָּׂדֶה, וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִין ״הִתְכַּבֵּד כַּיֶּלֶק״ – תִּתְכַּסִּי בְּכֹבֶד גְּיָסוֹת כְּיֶלֶק, וְ״הִתְכַּבֵּד״ לְשׁוֹן עַם כָּבֵד.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the nibbling locust**—which finishes and destroys completely all the vegetation of the field. Some interpret: -Heb. הִתְכַּבֵּד כַּיָּלֶק. You shall be covered heavily with troops like the nibbling locust, wherein הִתְכַּבֵּד is an expression of a heavy people (עַם כֶּבֶד).


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:16:1
[Rashi on Nahum 3:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Nahum/r/3:16:1)

**יֶלֶק פָּשַׁט וַיָּעֹף.** יִהְיוּ קַלִּים לָצֵאת בִּסְחוֹרָה כְּיֶלֶק שֶׁפּוֹשֵׁט וְעוֹף.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the nibbling locust spreads out and flies away**—They will swiftly go out for commerce like the locust that spreads out [its wings] and flies.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:17:1
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**מִנְּזָרַיִךְ.** שָׂרַיִךְ, וְהַמֵּ״ם יְסוֹד וְשֹׁרֶשׁ בַּתֵּיבָה, כְּמֵ״ם שֶׁל מִשְׁמַרְתְּךָ וְשֶׁל מִשְׁמַעְתֶּךָ וְשֶׁל מִנְעָלֶיךָ, וּפְעָמִים שֶׁהִיא נוֹפֶלֶת מִמֶּנָּה, כְּמוֹ ״נְזִיר אֶחָיו״ (בראשית מט:כו), וְכֵן ״נְזִירֶיהָ שָׂרֶיהָ״ (איכה ד:ז).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your princes** Heb. מִנְּזָרַיִךְ, your princes. The “mem” is a radical and a root of the word, like the “mem” of מִשְׁמַרְתְּךָ, your watch (Num. 18:3); of מִשְׁמַעְתֶּךָ, your service (I Sam. 22:14); and of מִנְעָלֶךָ, your lock (Deut. 33:25). But sometimes the “mem” is defective; e.g., נְזִיר אֶחָיו, the prince of his brothers (Gen. 49:26); and, similarly, לִנְזָרִים, princes (Amos 2:11).


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:17:2
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**וְטַפְסְרַיִךְ.** הַמְּמוּנִּים שֶׁלָּךְ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and your marshal** Heb. וְטַפְסְרַיִךְ. Your appointees.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:17:3
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**כְּגוֹב גּוֹבָי.** כְּחַיָּלֵי גּוֹבַאי גּוֹבָי, קומלנגשטדי״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like armies of locust** Heb. כְּגוֹב גּוֹבָי, like armies of locusts. גּוֹבָי is comme langouste in French, like locusts.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:17:4
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**הַחוֹנִים בַּגְּדֵרוֹת בְּיוֹם קָרָה.** כֵּן דֶּרֶךְ הָאַרְבֶּה וְהַזְּבוּב הֶחָסִיל וְהַיֶּלֶק בְּעֵת הַקֹּר נִדְבָּקִים בַּכְּתָלִים, וּכְשֶׁיָּבֹא חֹם הֵן נוֹדְדִים מִשָּׁם וְהוֹלְכִים לָהֶם, כָּךְ יִגְלוּ כָּל עַמֵּךְ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which alight on the walls on a cold day**—So is the habit of the numerous locust, the fly, the finishing locust, and the nibbling locust; during the cold times they adhere to the walls, and when warmth comes they fly away from there and go away. So will all your people be exiled.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:17:5
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**וְנוֹדַד.** וּמִטַּלְטֵל.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and it flies away** Heb. וְנוֹדַד, and it moves.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:17:6
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**וְלֹא נוֹדַע מְקוֹמוֹ אַיָּם.** אֵיפֹה הֵם וְאָנָה הָלְכוּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and its place is not known where they are**—Where they are and where they went.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:18:1
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**נָמוּ רֹעֶיךָ.** לְשׁוֹן ׳תְּנוּמָה׳.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Your leaders slumber** Heb. נָמוּ, an expression of slumber


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:18:2
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**יִשְׁכְּנוּ.** אֵין יְכוֹלִים לָקוּם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are at rest**—They cannot stand up.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:18:3
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**נָפֹשׁוּ.** כְּמוֹ ׳נָפֹצוּ׳, וְכָל הָאוֹתִיּוֹת הַיּוֹצֵאת מִמּוֹצָא אֶחָד מִתְחַלְּפוֹת זוֹ בָּזוֹ, זַיִ״ן שִׁי״ן סָמֶ״ךְ צָדִ״י, כֻּלָּן יוֹצְאִין מִסּוֹף הַלָּשׁוֹן וְשׁוּלֵי הַשִּׁנַּיִם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**are scattered** Heb. נָפָשׁוּ, like נָפֹצוּ, as all letters emanating from one source are interchangeable. “Zayin,” “shin,” “sammech,” and “tzaddi” all emanate from the tip of the tongue and the bottom of the teeth.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:19:1
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**אֵין כֵּהָה לְשִׁבְרֶךָ.** אֵין מֵצֵר עַל שִׁבְרֶךָ, כִּי הַכֹּל שְׂמֵחִים. כֵּהָה לְשׁוֹן דָּבָר עָמוּם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**No one is pained over your destruction**—No one is troubled over your destruction, for everyone rejoices. כֵּהָה is an expression of a darkened thing.


###### Rashi on Nahum 3:19:2
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**תָּקְעוּ כַף.** לִשְׂמֹחַ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**clap hands**—to rejoice.