וַיִּגְּשׁ֣וּ עֲבָדָיו֮ וַיְדַבְּר֣וּ אֵלָיו֒ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ אָבִי֙ דָּבָ֣ר גָּד֗וֹל הַנָּבִ֛יא דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יךָ הֲל֣וֹא תַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וְאַ֛ף כִּֽי־אָמַ֥ר אֵלֶ֖יךָ רְחַ֥ץ וּטְהָֽר׃
Lumapit sa kanya ang kanyang mga lingkod at kinausap siya. Sinabi nila, “Aming panginoon, kung isang mabigat na bagay ang ipinagawa sa iyo ng propeta, hindi mo ba iyon gagawin? Lalo na ngayon na ang sinabi lamang niya sa iyo ay, ‹Maligo ka at maging malinis›!”
Rashi
“My father [master].” אָבִי [lit., my father, means] the same as אֲדוֹנִי [=my master].8We find instances where אָב is a title that is used for prominent people. See Bereishis 45:8.
Rashi
Would you not do it? Wouldn’t you do it, even if he told you to do something requiring exertion?
Rashi
Certainly since. By a fortiori conclusion, for he said to you [to do] an easy thing, “immerse yourself and become clean.”