hebrew
1)

What should he hit with his palm?

1.

Radak #1: He should clap his hands, like "va'Yispok Es Kapav" (Bamidbar 24:10).

2.

Radak #2: He should bang his thigh, like "Safakti Al Yarech" (Yirmeyah 3:18).

2)

What is "u'Rka b'Raglecha"?

1.

Rashi: Context shows that it is stomping his foot on the ground and flattening the mud. It is the way of mourning.

2.

Radak: He bangs one foot against the other. It is as if he flattens and spreads out the land under him.

3)

Why did Hashem tell him "Hakeh b'Chapcha u'Rka b'Raglecha"?

1.

Malbim: It is amidst anger over the evil abominations of Beis Yisrael. Even so, Yechezkel should rejoice over their punishment (refer to 6:11:4:2).

4)

What is "Ach"?

1.

Rashi: It is screaming agony and woe.

2.

Malbim: It is Simchah 1 that Hashem will punish them, and they will fall via hunger, sword and plague.


1

Elsewhere we find that it is an expression of Simchah, e.g. "Amar ha'Oyev Aleichem he'Ach" (36:2). (PF)

5)

What is the grammatical form of "To'avos Ra'os Beis Yisrael"?

1.

Radak: It is Samuch to Samuch 1 , like "Mispar Mifkad ha'Am" (Shmuel II, 24:9), "Nahar Nachalei Devash v'Chem'ah" (Iyov 20:17).


1

I.e. a triple compound noun. (PF)

6)

What is the meaning of "Asher ba'Cherev ba'Ra'av?"?

1.

Radak, Malbim: That in the punishment for the abominations, they will fall via hunger, sword and plague.

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