וַיָּ֜שָׁב וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ בַּבַּ֗יִת אַחַ֥ת הֵ֙נָּה֙ וְאַחַ֣ת הֵ֔נָּה וַיַּ֖עַל וַיִּגְהַ֣ר עָלָ֑יו וַיְזוֹרֵ֤ר הַנַּ֙עַר֙ עַד־שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֔ים וַיִּפְקַ֥ח הַנַּ֖עַר אֶת־עֵינָֽיו׃
Lalu Elisa turun kembali dan berjalan di dalam rumah itu, sekali ke sana dan sekali ke sini. Kemudian ia naik lagi dan merentangkan tubuhnya di atas anak itu. Anak itu pun bersin sampai tujuh kali, lalu membuka matanya.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
With the crown that a living man of great deeds,1II Samuel, 23:20; I Chronicles, 11:22. has crowned you with this wondrous work.2This is a paraphrase of the following verse in the Song of Songs. “O maidens of Zion, go forth and gaze upon King Solomon wearing the crown that his mother gave him on his wedding day, on the day of bliss” [Song of Songs, 3:11]. He has gleaned among the sheaves behind the reapers3Ruth, 2:7. of grain, and collected after the gatherers, once up once down,4II Kings, 4:35. one here and one there in the Midrashim, in the aggadot, in the words of Rashi, Ramban, Rabbenu Bahya, Hizkuni, Zeror ha-Mor, Toldot Yitzhak, and the other commentaries in every Torah portion, all of their words that are closest to the plain meaning of the text and brought them into this work in the language of Ashkenaz. Since the usefulness of this work for men and women who will find tranquility for themselves,5Jeremiah, 6:16. a place of rest for their souls in order to understand the words of the living God,6Jeremiah, 23:36. exceeding in rank and exceeding in honor,7Genesis, 49:3. in the shameful language.