Rashi on Ezekiel Chapter 6
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וְלַגְּבָעוֹת. לְשׁוֹן רָמָה (הושע ה:ח):
and to the hills [Heb. [ולגבעות is] a term expressing height.
וְלַגֵּאָיוֹת. לְשׁוֹן גַּיְא:
and to the valleys [ולגאיות is] a term expressing valleys.
חַמָּנֵיכֶם. מִין תַּבְנִית צַלְמֵי עֲבוֹדַת כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת הָעֲשׂוּיִין עַל הַגַּגּוֹת לַחַמָּה:
your sun gods חַמָּנֵיכֶם, a class of pagan idols made on the roofs [dedicated] to the sun.
וְיֶאְשְׁמוּ. יִהְיוּ נִכָּרִים בְּאַשְׁמָתָם:
and shown to be guilty Heb. ויאשמו [lit. they be made guilty.] They will be recognized for their guilt.
וְזָכְרוּ פְלִיטֵיכֶם אוֹתִי. אֶת חַסְדִּי וְאֶת רַחֲמִי שֶׁהָיִיתִי מְרַחֵם עֲלֵיהֶם בְּהַעֲוֹתָם לְפָנַי בְּאַרְצָם:
And those of you that escape will remember Me My kindnesses and My compassion, that I had compassion on them when they committed iniquities before Me in their land.
אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּרְתִּי אֶת לִבָּם הַזּוֹנֶה. אֲשֶׁר נִכְנַעְתִּי אֶצְלָם, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁזּוֹנֶה לִבָּם וְסָר מֵעָלַי, הָיִיתִי מְבַקֵּשׁ מֵהֶם עַל יְדֵי נְבִיאַי לָשׁוּב אֵלַי וְאֵיטִיב לָהֶם, וְלֹא אָבוּ:
that I yielded to their straying heart That I yielded to them. Although their heart went astray and they turned away from Me, I begged of them, through My prophets, to return to Me, and [promised] that I will [then] do good for them, but they were unwilling.
וְנָקֹטּוּ בִּפְנֵיהֶם. מְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ עִם ״רָאִיתִי בוֹגְדִים וָאֶתְקוֹטָטָה״ (תהלים קי״ט, קנח): יִתְקוֹטְטוּ עַל עַצְמָם עַל אֲשֶׁר לֹא שָׁמְעוּ אֵלַי; וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: ״וִידַנְקוּן וְאִינוּן יְהוֹן חָזָן״, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם ״הַנֶּאֱנָקִים״ (יחזקאל ט, ד): ״דְּמִדַנְקִין״, וּ״בְכִי וַאֲנָקָה״ (מלאכי ב, יג): ״דְּמִדַנְקָן״; ׳דְמוֹנִיר׳ בְּלַעַ״ז:
and they will quarrel with themselves Heb. וְנָקֹטוּ. Menachem associated it with (Ps. 119:158): “I saw traitors, and I quarreled (וָאֶתְקוֹטָטָה).” They will quarrel with themselves for not listening to Me. Jonathan renders: וְידַנְקוּן and they will see, and so does he translate (below 9:4): “those who groan (הַנֶאֶנָקִים),” דְּמִדַנְקִין, and (Mal. 2:13): “weeping...and groaning (וַאֲנָקָה),” דְּמִדַנְקָן, demonir in Old French, to groan.
וְרָקַע. עִנְיָנוֹ יוֹרֶה עָלָיו: מַכֶּה רַגְלוֹ עַל הָאָרֶץ וּמְרַדֵּד אֶת הַטִּיט, וְהוּא דֶּרֶךְ אָבֵל:
and stamp Its context implies that it means to stamp one’s foot on the ground to flatten out the mud, and this is a custom of a mourner.
וֶאֱמָר אָח. צַעֲקַת יָגוֹן וָאוֹי:
and say, Ah! A cry of grief and woe.
וְהַנָּצוּר. הַנֶּאֱסָף אֶל הָעִיר וְיָצוּרוּ עָלָיו:
and who is in the siege Heb. והנצור, one who is gathered into the city when they besiege it.
וְכִלֵּיתִי חֲמָתִי. אַשְׁלִים כָּל חֲרוֹנִי וְחֶפְצִי בְּרָעָתָם:
and I shall spend My fury I shall finish all My fury and My desire to do evil to them.
אֵלָה. פְּלַנְצוֹ״ן בְּלַעַ״ז:
terebinth Heb. אֵלָה, planzon in Old French, a branch.
עֲבֻתָּה. לְשׁוֹן ״עֵץ עָבוֹת״ (יחזקאל כ:כח), שֶׁעֲנָפָיו מְרֻבִּין:
branchy עֲבֻתָּה, an expression of (below 20: 28): “a branchy (עָבוֹת) tree,” i.e., whose branches are many.
שְׁמָמָה. ״מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב״ (ירמיה לד:כב):
a desolation Heb. שְּׁמָמָה, without an inhabitant.
מְשַׁמָּה. תִּמָּהוֹן, שֶׁיִּתְמְהוּ עָלֶיהָ רוֹאֶיהָ:
and an astonishment Heb. ומשמה, a wonder, i.e., that all who see it will wonder about it.