פירוש על ישעיהו 31:5

passing over (פָּסוֹחַ) passing over. Alternatively, it may be interpreted as an expression of sparing.

כצפרים As birds. This noun is feminine, although it has the plural termination ־ִים (comp. פילגשים concubines, signifying exclusively a female being, and still with the masculine termination); it is therefore followed by the feminine form עפות flying.

and rescuing He will extricate Israel from the strait. This is an expression of rescue (esmoucer in O. F.).