Commentaire sur Isaïe 31:3
וּמִצְרַ֤יִם אָדָם֙ וְֽלֹא־אֵ֔ל וְסוּסֵיהֶ֥ם בָּשָׂ֖ר וְלֹא־ר֑וּחַ וַֽיהוָ֞ה יַטֶּ֣ה יָד֗וֹ וְכָשַׁ֤ל עוֹזֵר֙ וְנָפַ֣ל עָזֻ֔ר וְיַחְדָּ֖ו כֻּלָּ֥ם יִכְלָיֽוּן׃ (ס)
L’Égyptien est un homme, non un dieu: ses chevaux sont chair et non esprit. L’Éternel étend sa main, le protecteur trébuche, et le protégé tombe, et tous deux périssent ensemble.
Rashi on Isaiah
shall turn His hand For the Holy One, blessed be He, supports everything with His hand, and when He turns it, they will fall, like one who holds something in his hand, and when he inclines his hand, it falls. So is the Midrash Aggadah (Mechilta, Exodus 15:12). Jonathan, however, renders: shall raise the blow of His might.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
And not a spirit, that is, not an angel. Comp. ורוחו and His spirit═and His angel (48:16).5אֵל and רוּחַ are contrasted with אדם and בשר, the help from above with that of man, the deliverance to be caused by God with that expected from the support of Egypt; in the report of the deliverance of Jerusalem from the Assyrian army, the angel is mentioned as the agent; therefore רוח is explained here by angel.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
His hand. The striking with His hand.
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