Isaïe 20:4 Commentaire : Rashi & Ibn Ezra

כֵּ֣ן יִנְהַ֣ג מֶֽלֶךְ־אַ֠שּׁוּר אֶת־שְׁבִ֨י מִצְרַ֜יִם וְאֶת־גָּל֥וּת כּ֛וּשׁ נְעָרִ֥ים וּזְקֵנִ֖ים עָר֣וֹם וְיָחֵ֑ף וַחֲשׂוּפַ֥י שֵׁ֖ת עֶרְוַ֥ת מִצְרָֽיִם׃

de même les captifs d’Égypte et les exilés d’Ethiopie jeunes et vieux, le roi d’Assyrie les emmènera dévêtus et déchaussés, découverts jusqu’au bas des reins, à la honte de l’Égypte.

Rashi on Isaiah

with bare buttocks (וַחֲשׂוּפַי), like חֲשׂוּף, and the yud is superfluous, like the yud of חַלּוֹנָי (the window), חוֹרָי, (nets), שָׂדָי (the field).

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

Ethiopia, that came to help them.

Rashi on Isaiah

buttocks Near the anus. Comp. (II Sam. 10:4): “And he cut off their garments in half, up to their buttocks (שְׁתוֹתֵיהֶם).” This retribution was due them because of Ham their ancestor, who saw his father’s nakedness and did not cover it, payment in kind.