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Commentary for Hosea 11:3

וְאָנֹכִ֤י תִרְגַּ֙לְתִּי֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם קָחָ֖ם עַל־זְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ כִּ֥י רְפָאתִֽים׃

And I, I taught Ephraim to walk, Taking them by their arms; But they knew not that I healed them.

Rashi on Hosea

But I sent to train Ephraim, he took them etc. I sent a leader before them who would train them gently.
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Rashi on Hosea

he took them on his arms This is Moses, concerning whom it is stated (Num. 11:12): “As the nursing father carries the sucking child.”
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Rashi on Hosea

The form תִּרְגַּלְתִּי is like הִרגַּלְתִּי, I trained, or accustomed, and there is no similar form in Scripture.
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