וְאָנֹכִ֤י תִרְגַּ֙לְתִּי֙ לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם קָחָ֖ם עַל־זְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ כִּ֥י רְפָאתִֽים׃
Pourtant, c’est moi qui ai dirigé les pas d’Ephraïm. Je les ai pris sur les bras! Mais ils n’ont pas voulu savoir que je leur apportais la guérison.
Rashi on Hosea
But I sent to train Ephraim, he took them etc. I sent a leader before them who would train them gently.
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.”
Rashi on Hosea
The form תִּרְגַּלְתִּי is like הִרגַּלְתִּי, I trained, or accustomed, and there is no similar form in Scripture.