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מִֽי־פִלַּ֣ג לַשֶּׁ֣טֶף תְּעָלָ֑ה וְ֝דֶ֗רֶךְ לַחֲזִ֥יז קֹלֽוֹת׃
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Rashi on Job
Who has separated a place for the hair Heb. לטשף. In Arabia, a hair is called שִׁיטְפָא. To every hair on the head I have given תְעָלָה, a separate shaft from which to draw sap. If two would draw from the same shaft, a person’s eyesight would fail. These have not been changed by Me, how then should I change אִיוֹב, Job, for אוֹיֵב, enemy? And this is the meaning of מן הסערה, from the hair. Another explanation: לַשֶטֶף a streaming raindrop. I set apart for each drop a hole in the clouds, for if they were to come down [together] from one opening, they would soften the earth and turn it into a mire.
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Malbim on Job
Not all atmospheric lights are accompanied by thunder. For instance, notes Malbim, the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) is silent. In viewing this whole passage as referring to Providence and the precision with which it operates - for example, never confusing איוב (Job) with אויב (enemy) - Malbim follows the line taken by the Talmudic Sages in their interpretation of this verse:
Many drops have I created in the clouds, and for each drop a separate mold, so that two drops should not issue from the same mold, since if two drops issued from the same mold they would wash away the soil and it would not produce fruit...Many thunderclaps have I created in the clouds and for each clap a separate path, so that two claps should not travel by the same path, since if two claps traveled by the same path they would devastate the world. (TB Baba Batra 16a).
Many drops have I created in the clouds, and for each drop a separate mold, so that two drops should not issue from the same mold, since if two drops issued from the same mold they would wash away the soil and it would not produce fruit...Many thunderclaps have I created in the clouds and for each clap a separate path, so that two claps should not travel by the same path, since if two claps traveled by the same path they would devastate the world. (TB Baba Batra 16a).
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Rashi on Job
and a way for the cloud of the thunderclaps who parted? Every thunderclap has its own path, and if two of them would go along one path, the creatures would not be able to bear the sound.
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