Commentaire sur Les Proverbes 30:1
דִּבְרֵ֤י ׀ אָג֥וּר בִּן־יָקֶ֗ה הַמַּ֫שָּׂ֥א נְאֻ֣ם הַ֭גֶּבֶר לְאִֽיתִיאֵ֑ל לְאִ֖יתִיאֵ֣ל וְאֻכָֽל׃
Paroles d’Agour, fils de Yakéh. Déclaration solennelle. Ce personnage disait: "J’ai peiné, ô Dieu, j’ai peiné, ô Dieu, et je m’y suis épuisé.
Rashi on Proverbs
The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh אגור בן יקה, the words of Solomon, who gathered (אגר) understanding (בינה) and vomited it (והקיאה). The Sages interpreted it in this manner.
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Rashi on Proverbs
the prophecy He said this prophecy on that matter.
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the words of the man concerning, “God is with me; said the man that is Solomon this prophecy concerning himself because of איתיאל because he relied on his wisdom to increase gold, horses and wives, which he was forbidden to increase, and so he said, “God is with me, and I will be able. I will increase wives, and they will not turn my heart away; I will increase gold, and I will not turn away; I will increase horses, and I will not take the people back to Egypt.”
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yea, God is with me, and I will be able” Since he said, “God is with me, and I will be able to do it, and I will not stumble.” לאיתיאל, because of “God is with me,” as in (Ex. 14:3): “For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel (לבני),” meaning of the children of Israel.
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