דַּבֵּ֨ר וְאָמַרְתָּ֜ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה הִנְנִ֤י עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם הַתַּנִּים֙ הַגָּד֔וֹל הָרֹבֵ֖ץ בְּת֣וֹךְ יְאֹרָ֑יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֛ר לִ֥י יְאֹרִ֖י וַאֲנִ֥י עֲשִׂיתִֽנִי׃
Magsalita ka at sabihin mo: Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoong Walang-Hanggan: Narito, ako ay laban sa iyo, Faraon na hari ng Egipto, ang malaking halimaw ng tubig na nakahiga sa gitna ng kanyang mga ilog, na nagsabi: ‘Akin ang aking ilog, at ako mismo ang gumawa sa aking sarili.’
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
This section and the matter of the day – meaning the exodus from Egypt – have a similarity: For with tzaraat, we found that the hand of the savior prophet, none like whom has arisen, was afflicted with tzaraat (Exodus 4:6). And also about the opposite, the greatest of the abominations of Egypt, which was Pharaoh – since he said (Ezekiel 29:3), “My Nile is my own, etc.” – it is written (Exodus 2:23), “and the king of Egypt died”; [about which] our Rabbis, may their memory be blessed, explained, that he was afflicted with tzaraat, etc. (Shemot Rabbah 1:34). And likewise with the matter of purity: The Jewish people in Egypt were like someone quarantined with tzaraat, since no slave could escape. And with the purification, it is written about the Passover of Egypt (Exodus 12:22), “And you shall take a bundle of hyssop,” like someone with tzaraat. And in the Zohar, it taught (II 35b): It is written, “And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin; touch the lintel and the two side doorposts with some of the blood in the basin.” Why a bunch of hyssop? In order to destroy the impure spirit; and to have it attach complete faith onto the entrance in these three places, one here, one there and one on top of them. And because of that, “the Lord will pass over upon the entrance and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to plague you” (Exodus 12:23). Because He sees His holy name written upon the entrance. To here [is the Zohar].