Commentaire sur L’Exode 14:11
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֮ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה֒ הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־קְבָרִים֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם לְקַחְתָּ֖נוּ לָמ֣וּת בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר מַה־זֹּאת֙ עָשִׂ֣יתָ לָּ֔נוּ לְהוֹצִיאָ֖נוּ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
Et ils dirent à Moïse: "Est-ce faute de trouver des sépulcres en Égypte que tu nous as conduits mourir dans le désert? Quel bien nous as-tu fait, en nous tirant de l’Égypte?
Rashi on Exodus
המבלי אין קברים signifies, was it on account of lack of graves — because there were no graves in Egypt in which to be buried — that thou didst bring us out from there? old French si pour faillance de non fossés.
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Sforno on Exodus
לקחתנו למות במדבר, even if Pharaoh and his army will not provoke a battle the mere fact that they block our path will result in our death in the desert from thirst and starvation.
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Rashbam on Exodus
המבלי אין קברים, another example of repeating the same thought in different words by adding the words:
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