Tafsiran yang Mengutip untuk Keluaran 7:18

Cut the trees Heb. עצה. This is not a ‘mappiq heh,’ yet it is an expression of a tree (עץ), for the expression of cutting is not appropriate for advice, (עצה), and עצה mentioned here is an expression of many trees, as דגה is an expression of many fish.

3. וְצָרָ֑ה “trouble,” (Ps. Ibid) Scripture states, “and the fish in the Nile will die.” (Ex. 7:18) Most of the Egyptians' lives depended on fish, whether as food or as a livelihood. This is stated in Scripture, “The fishermen shall lament; All who cast lines in the Nile shall mourn…shall languish….The flax workers, too, shall be dismayed, both carders and weavers chagrined” (Is. 19:8-9) This was because their work was to catch and search out fish. And concerning their food, it is written, “We remember the fish that we used to eat free in Egypt…” (Num. 11:5) There were so many fish in Egypt, it seemed like nothing and everyone ate them freely. During this plague the fish all died and the livelihood of the Egyptians was taken from them.

4. מִ֝שְׁלַ֗חַת מַלְאֲכֵ֥י רָעִֽים “A band of deadly messengers” (Ps. Ibid) - This is what is written, “The Nile will stink.” (Ex. 7:18) This was an especially horrible plague, particularly for those who took pleasure in spices and perfumes, which is the way of the promiscuous in which the Egyptians were absorbed. Now the stink rose up from the Nile, overtaking the perfumes and causing them great distress.

of many kinds [Heb. לְמִינָה,] a form of the word to denote a profusion of kinds, as in (Exod. 7:21): “And the fish וְהֲדָּגָה in the river”; (Isa. 21:2): “All sighs (אָנְחָתָה) have I brought to an end.”

וימלא AND THERE WAS COMPLETED (the verb is singular) שבעת ימים the number of SEVEN DAYS during which the river did not return to its original condition. For each plague functioned a quarter of a month and for three quarters He warned and cautioned them (Midrash Tanchuma, Vaera 13; Exodus Rabbah 9:12).