Isaïe 29:3 Commentaire : Rashi & Ibn Ezra

וְחָנִ֥יתִי כַדּ֖וּר עָלָ֑יִךְ וְצַרְתִּ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ מֻצָּ֔ב וַהֲקִֽימֹתִ֥י עָלַ֖יִךְ מְצֻרֹֽת׃

Autour de toi j’établirai mon camp comme en cercle, contre toi j’élèverai des retranchements et dresserai des redoutes.

Rashi on Isaiah

in a circle like a row of surrounding troops. ([Other editions read:] In a row of surrounding troops.) ([Some manuscripts read:] An expression of the encampment of surrounding troops.)

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

כדור Suddenly.5A. V., Round about. Comp. 22:18.6It is not clear what I. E. means by comparing this passage with 22:18. כדור in that verse means a ball, a round thing. It would be rather far-fetched to suppose that it meant here as quickly and as suddenly as a ball flying through the air meets us. See c. xxii., note 26.

Rashi on Isaiah

a camp of siege (מֻצַּב, lit. stationed,) an expression of a camp of siege stationed against the towns.