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Commentary for II Kings 5:3

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־גְּבִרְתָּ֔הּ אַחֲלֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י לִפְנֵ֥י הַנָּבִ֖יא אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּשֹׁמְר֑וֹן אָ֛ז יֶאֱסֹ֥ף אֹת֖וֹ מִצָּרַעְתּֽוֹ׃

And she said unto her mistress: ‘Would that my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy.’

Rashi on II Kings

“My master should plead [for curing his illness] before the prophet.” An expression [similar to], “and Moshe prayed [וַיְחַל].”3Shemos 32:11. See also Tehillim 119:5. The supplications of all those who pray for him, will be that the miracle shall come before the prophet.
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Rashi on II Kings

Plead. Soheidement, in O.F., i.e., this is the supplication that he needs.
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