Isaïe 59:3 Commentaire : Rashi & Ibn Ezra

כִּ֤י כַפֵּיכֶם֙ נְגֹאֲל֣וּ בַדָּ֔ם וְאֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם בֶּֽעָוֺ֑ן שִׂפְתֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ דִּבְּרוּ־שֶׁ֔קֶר לְשׁוֹנְכֶ֖ם עַוְלָ֥ה תֶהְגֶּֽה׃

Car vos mains sont souillées de sang, et vos doigts de crimes; vos lèvres débitent le mensonge, votre langue profère l’injustice.

Rashi on Isaiah

were defiled Heb. נְגֹאֲלוּ, an expression of defilement. Comp. (Mal. 1:7) “polluted bread (מְגֹאָל).”

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

נגאלו Are defiled. The grammatical form of the word is a compound of the Niphal and Pual.2The נ of נגאלו is the characteristic of the Niphal; the Holem in the first syllable that of the Pual; the Niphal being נִגְאֲלוּ, the Pual גּאֲׁלוּ.

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

With blood. With murder.