What are the connotations of "Ashkir Chitzai mi'Dam"?
Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: I will satiate My arrows with the blood of (the enemy - Rashi) their slain ones. 1
Whose flesh and blood is Hashem referring to?
Rashi, Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: He is referring to the flesh and blood of the enemy. 1
Riva (39, citing R"M of Kutzi): 'You (the enemy) said that I drink 'the wine of their libations'. I do not drink, but I will 'intoxicate' my arrows (satiate them) with the abundance of your blood! You said that I eat 'the fat of their sacrifices'. I do not eat, but My sword will consume [your] flesh!
Whose slain and captives is Hashem referring to?
Rashi: He is referring to the slain and the captives that the enemy killed and captured of Yisrael.
What is the meaning of "me'Rosh Par'os Oyeiv"?
Rashi: It means that Hashem will punish the nations retroactively, 1 from the time that they first 'breached 2 Yisrael'. 3
Targum Onkelos: It means that Hashem will remove the crowns from the heads of the enemy.
Da'as Zekenim and Hadar Zekenim (in Pasuk 41): It means that Hashem will punish the heads of the enemy.
Oznayim la'Torah (citing a commentary): The Torah is hinting at the nazarites in the time of the crusades, who grew their hair long to draw on themselves holiness, but who were the first to slaughter large numbers of Yisrael in the name of their god. 4
