Tanach
Nachum 2 נחום ב׳
Part of: Petuchah, Nahum 2:1
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הִנֵּה עַל־הֶהָרִים רַגְלֵי מְבַשֵּׂר מַשְׁמִיעַ שָׁלוֹם חׇגִּי יְהוּדָה חַגַּיִךְ שַׁלְּמִי נְדָרָיִךְ כִּי לֹא יוֹסִיף עוֹד (לעבור) [לַעֲבׇר־]בָּךְ בְּלִיַּעַל כֻּלֹּה נִכְרָֽת׃
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings good tidings, that announces peace! O Yehuda, keep thy feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that brings good tidings, that announces peace! O Yehuda, keep thy feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked one shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Rashi
כִּי לֹא יוֹסִיף עוֹד לַעֲבָר בָּךְ. אוֹתוֹ הַבְּלִיַּעַל.
for... shall no longer continue to pass through you—that wicked one.
כֻּלֹּה נִכְרָת. הוּא וְזַרְעוֹ.
he has been completely cut off—he and his descendants.
עָלָה מֵפִיץ עַל־פָּנַיִךְ נָצוֹר מְצוּרָה צַפֵּֽה־דֶרֶךְ חַזֵּק מׇתְנַיִם אַמֵּץ כֹּחַ מְאֹֽד׃
The batterer is come up against thee: guard the ramparts, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
The batterer is come up against thee: guard the ramparts, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.
Rashi
עָלָה מֵפִיץ עַל פָּנַיִךְ נָצוֹר מְצוּרָה. הַמֵּפִיץ אֲשֶׁר עָלָה עַל פָּנֶיךָ אֶל אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה בִּימֵי יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ, עַכְשָׁיו הוּא נָצוֹר מְצוּרָה, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל שֶׁהוּא צָר עָלָיו.
The scatterer who came up before you is besieged by a siege—The scatterer, who came up upon the land of Judah before you during the time of Hezekiah, is now besieged by the siege of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who has besieged him.
צַפֵּה דֶרֶךְ. הַבֵּט אַתָּה אִישׁ יְהוּדָה עַל אֵם הַדְּרָכִים וְתִרְאֶה אֶת הַהוֹלְכִים לָצוּר עָלָיו, וְיִתְחַזְּקוּ מָתְנֶיךָ וְאַמֵּץ כֹּחַ מְאֹד.
Watch the way—You men of Judah, watch the crossroads and see those going to besiege him [Sennacherib] and strengthen your loins and fortify your power mightily.
כִּי שָׁב יְהֹוָה אֶת־גְּאוֹן יַעֲקֹב כִּגְאוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי בְקָקוּם בֹּֽקְקִים וּזְמֹרֵיהֶם שִׁחֵֽתוּ׃
For the Lord restores the pride of Ya῾aqov, like the pride of Yisra᾽el: for plunderers have stripped them, and marred their vine branches.
For the Lord restores the pride of Ya῾aqov, like the pride of Yisra᾽el: for plunderers have stripped them, and marred their vine branches.
Rashi
כִּגְאוֹן יִשְׂרָאֵל. כְּמוֹ שֶׁהָיָה כְּבָר.
as the pride of Israel—As it was already.
בְּקָקוּם. בְּזָזוּם וְהֵרִיקוּם, לְשׁוֹן ׳בְּקִיקָה׳ נוֹפֵל עַל גֶּפֶן.
the emptiers have emptied them out—They have plundered them and emptied them. The expression of בְּקִיקָה is appropriate for a vine.
מָגֵן גִּבֹּרֵיהוּ מְאׇדָּם אַנְשֵֽׁי־חַיִל מְתֻלָּעִים בְּאֵשׁ־פְּלָדֹת הָרֶכֶב בְּיוֹם הֲכִינוֹ וְהַבְּרֹשִׁים הׇרְעָֽלוּ׃
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots glitter with steel in the day of his preparation, and the spears of cypress wood are brandished.
The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots glitter with steel in the day of his preparation, and the spears of cypress wood are brandished.
Rashi
מָגֵן גִּבּוֹרֵיהוּ. שֶׁל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הַצָּרִים עַל אַשּׁוּר.
The shields of his mighty men—The mighty of Nebuchadnezzar, who lay siege to Assyria.
מְאָדָּם. מְאָדָּמִים הֵם. וְאַנְשֵׁי חֵילָם מְתֻלָּעִים. לְבוּשֵׁי זְהוֹרִית.
are dyed red—They are dyed red, and the men of their army are in crimson, dressed in crimson.
בָּאֵשׁ פְּלָדוֹת הָרֶכֶב בְּיוֹם הֲכִינוֹ. בְּיוֹם שֶׁהוּא מוּכָן לָצֵאת בַּצָּבָא מְצַחְצֵחַ רֶכֶב בַּרְזֶל שֶׁלּוֹ, וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מַהוּ פְּלָדוֹת, וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁהוּא מִין הַמְּצַחְצַחַת בַּרְזֶל יָפֶה, וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִין פְּלָדוֹת לְשׁוֹן ׳לַפִּיד אֵשׁ׳ בְּדֶרֶךְ הַהֵפֶךְ.
the chariots are in the fire of torches on the day of his preparation Heb. פְּלָדֹת. On the day that he [Nebuchadnezzar] is prepared to go out in the army, he polishes his iron chariots, but I do not know what פְּלָדֹת means. I say that it is a material that polishes iron well. And some interpret פְּלָדֹת as an expression of a fiery torch (לַפִּיד), by transposing the letters.
וְהַבְּרֹשִׁים הָרְעָלוּ. תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְרַבְנֵי מַשְׁרִיתְהוֹן מְסַרְבְּלִין בְּצִבְעוֹנִין״.
and the cypresses are enwrapped—Jonathan renders: And the heads of the [Babylonian] camps are enwrapped in colored garments.
הָרְעָלוּ. מְעֻטָּפִין, וְדוֹמֶה לוֹ (ישעיהו ג:יט) ״הַנְּטִיפוֹת וְהַשֵּׁרוֹת וְהָרְעָלוֹת״. וּבִלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה שָׁנִינוּ ״מַדְיוֹת רְעוּלוֹת״ מַסֶּכֶת שַׁבָּת (דף ס״ה, ע״ש).
are enwrapped Heb. הַרְעָלוּ, enwrapped. Similar is (Isa. 3:19) “The necklaces and the bracelets and the shawls (הָרְעָלוֹת).” In the language of the Mishnah we learned “shawled (רְעוּלוֹת) Arabian women” in tractate Shabbath (65a).
בַּחוּצוֹת יִתְהוֹלְלוּ הָרֶכֶב יִֽשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּן בָּרְחֹבוֹת מַרְאֵיהֶן כַּלַּפִּידִים כַּבְּרָקִים יְרוֹצֵֽצוּ׃
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the squares: they seem like torches, they run to and fro like lightnings.
The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the squares: they seem like torches, they run to and fro like lightnings.
Rashi
יִתְהוֹלְלוּ. יִנְהֲגוּ עַצְמָן בְּשִׁגָּעוֹן.
shall dash about madly—They shall behave madly.
יִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּן. תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״קָל נְקוּשׁ זַיְּנֵיהוֹן מִשְׁתְּמַע״, וְהוּא מִלְּשׁוֹן ״וְהֵשִׁיקוּ הַיְקָבִים״ (יואל ב:כד), ״כְּמַשַּׁק גֵּבִים״ (ישעיהו לג:ד), לְשׁוֹן ׳הַשְׁמָעַת קוֹל׳.
they shall clatter Heb. יִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּן. Jonathan renders: The sound of the clattering of their weapons is heard. And that is from the expression (Joel 2:24) “And the vats shall roar (וְהֵשִׁיקוּ),” and (Isa. 33:4) “Like the roaring (כְּמַשַק) of the cisterns.” It is an expression of making a sound heard.
יְרוֹצֵצוּ. יְרוֹעֲעוּ אֶת הַשּׁוֹמְעִים כַּבְּרָקִים הַלָּלוּ הַטּוֹרְדִים אֶת הַבְּרִיּוֹת, כֵּן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן.
they shatter—They shatter their listeners like these lightnings, which agitate the creatures. So did Jonathan render it.
יִזְכֹּר אַדִּירָיו יִכָּשְׁלוּ (בהלכותם) [בַּהֲלִיכָתָם] יְמַֽהֲרוּ חֽוֹמָתָהּ וְהֻכַן הַסֹּכֵֽךְ׃
He remembers his valiant men: they stumble in their walk; they make haste to its wall, and the screen is prepared.
He remembers his valiant men: they stumble in their walk; they make haste to its wall, and the screen is prepared.
Rashi
יִזְכֹּר. מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֶת אַדִּירָיו וְגִבּוֹרָיו וִידַמֶּה בְּלִבּוֹ לָצֵאת וּלְהִלָּחֵם, וְהֵם יִכָּשְׁלוּ בַּהֲלִיכָתָם.
He shall remember—The king of Assyria shall remember his mighty men and his heroes, and he shall contemplate going forth and waging war, but [he and his men] shall stumble in their walk.
יְמַהֲרוּ חוֹמָתָהּ. לָנוּס, לָרוּץ אֶל חוֹמַת הָעִיר. כָּל תֵּיבָה הַצְּרִיכָה לָמֶ״ד בִּתְחִלָּתָהּ הִטִּיל לָהּ הֵ״א בְּסוֹפָהּ.
they shall hasten to its wall—to flee to run to the wall of the city. Any word requiring a “lammed” in its beginning has a “hey” at its end.
וְהֻכַן הַסֹּכֵךְ. תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״יְבַנּוּן מַגְדְּלַיָּא״. וְיֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ ״וְהֻכַן הַסֹּכֵךְ״ – וְהַמֶּלֶךְ נִזְדַּיֵּן בִּכְלֵי זֵינוֹ, כְּמוֹ ״מִמְשַׁח הַסּוֹכֵךְ״, לְשׁוֹן ׳מוֹשֵׁל׳.
and the protector is armed Heb. הַסֹּכֵךְ. Jonathan renders: They shall build towers. We can also explain וְהֻכַן הַסֹּכֵךְ: and the king shall be armed with his weapons, as in (Ezek.28:14) “who shelters over a great distance (מִמְשַׁח הַסֹּכֵךְ),” an expression of ruling.
שַׁעֲרֵי הַנְּהָרוֹת נִפְתָּחוּ וְהַהֵיכָל נָמֽוֹג׃
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.
Rashi
שַׁעֲרֵי הַנְּהָרוֹת. שַׁעֲרֵי הָעִיר אֲשֶׁר מִצַּד הַנְּהָרוֹת.
The gates of the river—The gates of the cities, which are on the sides of the rivers.
וְהַהֵיכָל נָמוֹג. נִרְעַד וְנָע מִכֹּחַ אַבְנֵי בְּלִיסְטְרָא הַנִּזְרָקִים בִּכְתָלָיו הַנִּקְרָא בומ״א.
and the palace has dissolved—It has quaked and trembled because of the stones of the catapult hurled against its walls, called bombe.
וְהֻצַּב גֻּלְּתָה הֹֽעֲלָתָה וְאַמְהֹתֶיהָ מְנַֽהֲגוֹת כְּקוֹל יוֹנִים מְתֹפְפֹת עַל־לִבְבֵהֶֽן׃
It is set up; she is uncovered; she is carried away; and her maidens moan as with the voice of doves, drumming on their breasts.
It is set up; she is uncovered; she is carried away; and her maidens moan as with the voice of doves, drumming on their breasts.
Rashi
וְהֻצַּב. הִיא הַמַּלְכָּה הַנִּצֶּבֶת לִימִין הַמֶּלֶךְ, כְּדַאֲמְרִינָן (תהילים מה:י) ״נִצְּבָה שֵׁגַל לִימִינְךָ״.
And the queen Heb. וְהֻצַּב. She is the queen who stands to the right of the king, as is stated (Ps. 45:10): “The queen stands to your right.”
גֻּלְּתָה הֹעֲלָתָה. בְּגִלּוּי הָלְכָה בַּשְּׁבִי וְהָעֳלְתָה מִן הָעִיר.
has been exposed and taken away—In the open, she has gone into captivity and has been taken away from the city.
מְנַהֲגוֹת כְּקוֹל יוֹנִים. מְנַהֲגוֹת עַצְמָן בְּקִינָה כְּקוֹל יוֹנִים הַמְּקוֹנְנִים. מְנַהֲגוֹת – שרימייצנ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז.
moan like the voice of doves—They moan with a lamentation like the voice of lamenting doves. moan Heb. מְנַהֲגוֹת, gemissant in French.
מְתֹפְפֹת עַל לִבְבֵהֶן. תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: מַקִּישׁוֹת יְדֵיהֶן עַל לִבָּן כְּהַקִּישׁ בַּתּוּפִים.
beating their breasts Striking their hand on their heart like the beating of a drum.
וְנִֽינְוֵה כִבְרֵכַת־מַיִם מִימֵי הִיא וְהֵמָּה נָסִים עִמְדוּ עֲמֹדוּ וְאֵין מַפְנֶֽה׃
But Nineve is like a pool of water long established: yet they flee away. Halt, halt, they cry; but none turns back.
But Nineve is like a pool of water long established: yet they flee away. Halt, halt, they cry; but none turns back.
Rashi
וְנִינְוֵה כִּבְרֵכַת מַיִם מִימֵי הִיא. מִיּוֹם שֶׁהִיא נַעֲשֵׂית יָשְׁבָה בְּשַׁלְוָה וְאֵין מֵנִיד, כִּבְרֵכַת מַיִם מְכֻנָּסִין שֶׁאֵין זָזִים מִמְּקוֹמָם.
And Nineveh is like a pool of water - it is since days of yore—Since the day it was founded, it has been sitting tranquilly with no one disturbing it, like a pool of gathered water that does not move from its place.
וְהֵמָּה. עַתָּה מֵרֹב דָּחֳקָם לָמְדוּ לָנוּס וְנָסִים.
and they—Now, out of their stress, they have learned to flee and are fleeing.
עִמְדוּ עֲמֹדוּ. אוֹמְרִים לָהֶם וְאֵין מַפְנֶה לִבּוֹ לִשְׁמֹעַ וְלַעֲמֹד.
Halt! Halt!—They say to them, but no one turns his heart to listen and halt.
בֹּזּוּ כֶסֶף בֹּזּוּ זָהָב וְאֵין קֵצֶה לַתְּכוּנָה כָּבֹד מִכֹּל כְּלִי חֶמְדָּֽה׃
Take the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is no end of the store: there is an abundance of all precious vessels.
Take the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is no end of the store: there is an abundance of all precious vessels.
Rashi
בֹּזּוּ כֶסֶף. אַתֶּם הַבָּאִים עַל נִינְוֵה.
Plunder silver! Plunder gold!—You who come upon Nineveh.
וְאֵין קֵצֶה. אֵין חֶשְׁבּוֹן.
And there is no end—There is no count.
לְתְּכוּנָה. לְאוֹצְרוֹתֵיהֶם. עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהַכֶּסֶף וְהַזָּהָב הַנָּתוּן בָּאוֹצָר נָתוּן בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹן, כְּמָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר ״אֶת הַכֶּסֶף הַמְתֻכָּן״ (מלכים ב יב:יב).
to the treasures Heb. לְתְּכוּנָה, to their treasures. [It is called תְּכוּנָה] because the silver and gold placed in the treasury is placed there with a count, as you say (II Kings 12:12): “The counted (הַמְתֻכּן) money.” [following Jonathan]
כָּבֹד מִכָּל כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה. לְשׁוֹן ׳הַכְבָּדָה׳, כְּמוֹ (לקמן ג:טו) ״הִתְכַּבֵּד כַּיֶּלֶק״, לְשׁוֹן ׳מְכַבֵּד הַבַּיִת׳, אשקוונ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז, וּלְכַבֵּד אוֹתָם מִכָּל כְּלֵי חֶמְדָּתָא. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״סָפוּ מִכָּל מָנֵי חֶמְדָּתָא״, ׳כָּבֹד׳ כְּמוֹ זָכוֹר וְשָׁמוֹר.
to sweep out [Nineveh] of all precious vessels Heb. כָּבֹד, an expression of sweeping, as in (below, 3:15) “You shall be swept out (הִתְכַּבְדִי) like the nibbling locust,” an expression of sweeping the house; escovant, to sweep them out of all their precious vessels. And so did Jonathan render it: All precious vessels have ended. כָּבֹד is like זָכוֹר, to remember, and שָמוֹר, to observe.
בּוּקָה וּמְבוּקָה וּמְבֻלָּקָה וְלֵב נָמֵס וּפִק בִּרְכַּיִם וְחַלְחָלָה בְּכׇל־מׇתְנַיִם וּפְנֵי כֻלָּם קִבְּצוּ פָארֽוּר׃
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees knock together, and there is trembling in all loins, and the faces of them all are covered with blackness.
She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees knock together, and there is trembling in all loins, and the faces of them all are covered with blackness.
Rashi
בּוּקָה. רֵיקָנִית.
Empty Heb. בּוּקָה.
וּמְבוּקָה. וּמְרוֹקֶנֶת עַל יְדֵי בּוֹקְקִים.
yea, emptied out Heb. וּמְבוּקָה, and emptied out through emptiers.
וּמְבֻלָּקָה. מְפֹרֶצֶת בְּחוֹמוֹתֶיהָ, אישברטיר״א בְּלַעַ״ז.
and breached Heb. וּמְבֻלָּקָה, breached in its walls: espartide in O.F.
וּפִק בִּרְכַּיִם. כִּשְׁלוֹן בִּרְכַּיִם, כְּמוֹ (שמואל א כה:לא) ״לְפוּקָה וּלְמִכְשׁוֹל״.
the knees stumble Heb. וּפִק, the stumbling of the knees, as, in (I Sam. 25:31) “As a stumbling block and a remorse.”
קִבְּצוּ פָארוּר. שַׁחְרוּרִית כַּקְּדֵרָה.
have gathered blackness Heb. פָארוּר, blackness like a pot.
אַיֵּה מְעוֹן אֲרָיוֹת וּמִרְעֶה הוּא לַכְּפִרִים אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ אַרְיֵה לָבִיא שָׁם גּוּר אַרְיֵה וְאֵין מַחֲרִֽיד׃
Where is the den of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, and the lioness walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
Where is the den of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, and the lioness walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?
Rashi
אַיֵּה מְעוֹן אֲרָיוֹת. קִינָה הִיא עַל נִינְוֵה שֶׁהָיְתָה מְדוֹר מְלָכִים גִּבּוֹרִים וַחֲזָקִים כַּאֲרָיוֹת.
Where is the lions’ den?—This is a lamentation over Nineveh, which was the dwellings of kings, hard and strong as lions.
אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ אַרְיֵה לָבִיא שָׁם. תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״אֲתַר דַּהֲווֹ אָזְלִין מַלְכִּין וְשָׁבְקִין תַּמָּן בְּנֵיהוֹן, הָא כְּאַרְיָה דְּשָׁרֵי לְרוּחְצָן״.
where the grown lion and the old lion went—The place where the kings would go and leave their children there, like a lion that dwelt securely.
אַרְיֵה טֹרֵף בְּדֵי גֹרוֹתָיו וּמְחַנֵּק לְלִבְאֹתָיו וַיְמַלֵּא־טֶרֶף חֹרָיו וּמְעֹנֹתָיו טְרֵפָֽה׃
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin.
Rashi
אַרְיֵה טֹרֵף בְּדֵי גּוֹרוֹתָיו. כְּתַרְגּוּמוֹ: מַלְכֵּיהּ הֲיוּ מְבִיאִים שָׁלָל רַב עַד שֶׁהָיָה דֵּי לִבְנֵי בֵּיתָם.
The grown lion tore enough for his whelps—As Jonathan renders it: The kings would bring much plunder, until there was enough for the members of their households.
וּמְחַנֵּק. בְּהֵמוֹת לְצֹרֶךְ לִבְאוֹתָיו, כְּלוֹמַר מַרְבֶּה אוֹצְרוֹתָיו לְבָנָיו.
and strangled—beasts, for the necessity of his lionesses; i.e., he would increase his treasures for his children (sic). for his lionesses—for his wives.
וַיְמַלֵּא טֶרֶף חֹרָיו. תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וּמְמַלָּן אוֹצְרוֹתֵיהֶן חֲטוּף״.
and he filled his caves with prey—And they filled their treasuries with plunder.
הִנְנִי אֵלַיִךְ נְאֻם יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת וְהִבְעַרְתִּי בֶעָשָׁן רִכְבָּהּ וּכְפִירַיִךְ תֹּאכַל חָרֶב וְהִכְרַתִּי מֵאֶרֶץ טַרְפֵּךְ וְלֹא־יִשָּׁמַע עוֹד קוֹל מַלְאָכֵֽכֵה׃ {פ}
Behold, I am against thee, says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
Behold, I am against thee, says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard.
Rashi
רִכְבָּהּ. רֹב רֶכֶב שֶׁבָּהּ, קרטדי״ן בְּלַעַ״ז, הֵ״א יְתֵרָה, הֵפֶךְ הַלָּשׁוֹן לְרִבּוּי מַרְכָּבוֹת, וְכֵן (יחזקאל כד:ו) ״סִיר אֲשֶׁר חֶלְאָתָהּ בָּהּ״, זֹהַם רַב.
her chariots—The multiplicity of the chariots therein; caraijedic in O.F. -army of chariots. The additional “hey” converts the language to mean many chariots. Simliarly, there is (Ezek 24:6) “The pot in which there is filth (חֶלְאָתָה),” much filth.
וְלֹא יִשָּׁמַע עוֹד קוֹל מַלְאָכֵכֵה. קוֹל מַלְאָכֵיךְ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁעָשָׂה כְּבָר רַבְשָׁקֵה וַחֲבֵרָיו שְׁלוּחֵי אַשּׁוּר (ישעיה לז:יג) ״וַיִּקְרָא בְקוֹל גָּדוֹל יְהוּדִית״.
the voice of your ambassadors Heb. מַלְאָכֵכֵה. The voice of your ambassadors, as Rabshakeh and his colleagues, the ambassadors of Assyria, had already done, “And called in a loud voice in Judean” (Isa. 36:13).
שַׁלְּמִי נְדָרָיִךְ. אֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתָּ לְהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אִם יַצִּילְךָ מִכַּף סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר, כִּי עַתָּה נִצַּלְתָּ.
pay your vows—that you vowed to the Holy One, blessed be He, if He would save you from the hand of Sennacherib, king of Assyria - for now you are saved.