1)

Sancheriv conquered and exiled [the 10 tribes, including] "Menasheh, Efrayim? v'Ad Naftoli"!

1.

'Rashi': This refers to the Olelos 1 that remained after the sword and exile of Sancheriv.


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This word refers to deficient grape clusters that one leaves for the poor. It is a metaphor for the sparse remnant of Jews. (PF)

2)

Why is it written b'Har Bateihem, and we pronounce it b'Charvosam?

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'Rashi': Because only Olelos 1 remained, they were afraid to dwell in the low plain. Rather, they fixed their houses in the mountain. (Rashi did not explain Charvosam. It seems from verse 9 that he holds that it is from the root Chorvah (a ruin). ? PF) Radak ? Charvosam are sledgehammers used to demolish the Mizbechos. This is like "u'Migdelosayich Yitotz b'Charvosav" (Yechezkel 26:9).


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Refer to 34:6:1:1*.

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