1)

What are "Berushim"?

1.

Metzudas Tziyon: It is an esteemed barren tree (pine).

2)

Where is "Senir"?

1.

Rashi (from Targum Onkelos Devarim 3:9): It is the mountain of snow. 1 Radak ? the nice Berushim grow there.


1

That verse says that Senir is Chermon. (PF)

3)

What are "Luchosayim"?

1.

Rashi: The boards from which the boat is made.

2.

Radak citing Targum Yonasan: They are bridges on which they pass from boat to boat.

4)

"Luchosayim" is plural, and it also implies a pair. What is the reason?

1.

Radak #1: It is because the increase is made in pairs.

2.

Radak #2: A boat is made of two parts ? both ends are pointy.

3.

Radak citing Ibn Ezra: There are boats made from two planks.

5)

Why does it say that the cedar is from Levanon?

1.

Rashi: There is a forest there in which cedars are common.

6)

What is "Toren"?

1.

Rashi: It is the mast ? a tall erect wooden beam inserted in a boat on which they hang the sail. It has holes at its end through which is put the rope used to pull the boat.

7)

Why does it say "Alecha"?

1.

Radak: It means, on your boats.

8)

Why is Tzor compared to a boat?

1.

Rashi: It was built in the sea and was lost in the sea, so the Navi compares it to a quality boat whose load was too great, and it sank in an east wind.

2.

Radak: All its good came via the sea in boats, therefore the Navi praises her boats. Its planks were from Berushim for grandeur and beauty.

3.

Malbim (5, 7): It discusses a boat that it and its Kelim were prepared from materials from different lands ? the Berushim for the planks were from Senir, the cedars for the mast were from Levanon? 1 So Tzor's wealth, honor and beauty were not from itself, rather, from commerce with many nations and distant islands!


1

Verses 6 and 7 mention other parts of the boat that came from other lands. (PF)

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