Commentary for Exodus 14:3
וְאָמַ֤ר פַּרְעֹה֙ לִבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נְבֻכִ֥ים הֵ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ סָגַ֥ר עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃
And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel: They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Rashi on Exodus
ואמר פרעה THEN PHARAOH WILL SAY — when he hears that they are turning back.
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Sforno on Exodus
סגר עליהם המדבר. A reference to the Egyptian deity Baal Tzefon whom Pharaoh credited with this accomplish- ment of halting the Israelites.
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Or HaChaim on Exodus
ואמר פרעה…. נבוכים הם בארץ, "and Pharaoh will say 'they are entangled in the land, etc.'" This would be Pharaoh's reaction when his spies brought him up-to-date on Israel's travels.
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