Ezekiel 4:2 Commentary: Rashi

וְנָתַתָּ֨ה עָלֶ֜יהָ מָצ֗וֹר וּבָנִ֤יתָ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ דָּיֵ֔ק וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֥ עָלֶ֖יהָ סֹֽלְלָ֑ה וְנָתַתָּ֨ה עָלֶ֧יהָ מַחֲנ֛וֹת וְשִׂים־עָלֶ֥יהָ כָּרִ֖ים סָבִֽיב׃

and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

Rashi on Ezekiel

a stone-throwing catapult Heb. דיק, mangonel in Old French, [mangonneau in modern French], with which they cast stones upon the city.
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Rashi on Ezekiel

a siege mound Heb. סֹלְלָה, he would pour earth and press upon it (סֹלְלָה) and beat it down with sticks, and make a high mound on which to stand and look into the city and shoot arrows.
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Rashi on Ezekiel

סֹלְלָה is bastion in Old French, rampart.
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