פירוש על ישעיהו 9:12

to the One Who smites it To the Holy One, blessed be He, Who brings these afflictions upon them.

And the people. Namely, Israel.

Unto him that smiteth them. Unto God, because in truth it is He that smote; the word המכהו has two determinations, like האהלי (Jos. 21:7), my tent.¹⁴The two determinations are: the definite article and the possessive pronoun. Nouns with pronominal suffixes have usually no article, because they are sufficiently determined by the pronoun contained in the suffix.