אָח֥וֹת לָ֙נוּ֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה וְשָׁדַ֖יִם אֵ֣ין לָ֑הּ מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂה֙ לַאֲחֹתֵ֔נוּ בַּיּ֖וֹם שֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־בָּֽהּ׃
Mayroon kaming isang munting kapatid na babae, at wala pa siyang dibdib; ano ang gagawin namin para sa aming kapatid sa araw na siya'y pag-uusapan?
Rashi
We have a [little] sister. In the earthly abode, who unites, joins and desires to be with us, and she is little and humbles herself more than all the nations, as the matter is stated, “Not because you are more numerous, etc.”10Devorim 7:7. for they humble themselves.
Ezra ben Solomon
We have a little sister: The parable refers to Israel in exile, despised and degraded.
Rashi
A [little] sister. אָחוֹת is] an expression of joining, [as in,] “These are the rends that may not be sewn up completely מִתְאַחִין.”11Maseches Mo’ed Katan 26a.
Ezra ben Solomon
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But she has no breasts. As the matter is stated concerning the exile of Egypt, “[Her] breasts were developed,”12Yechezkeil 16:7; connoting the readiness for redemption. when the time of the redemption arrived, but this one, “she has no breasts;” her time has not yet arrived for the time of love. What shall we do for our sister
Ezra ben Solomon
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on the day she is spoken for. When the nations whisper about her to destroy her, as the matter is stated, “Come, let us destroy them from being a nation.”13Tehillim 83:5.