He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
בוצינא, "the light of the place"; that is, where he lived. The gloss on the place says, he was a man of note in the city, and enlightened their eyes; and it is very frequent with them still, when they are praising any of their doctors, to say of him, he was המאור הגדול, "a great light", who enlightened the eyes of Israel, and in whose light the people walked p; so among the philosophers, Xenophon, and Plato, are called duo lumina q, "two lights";  :-;