ציטירנדיקער פּירוש אויף שמואל ב 23:2

And the meaning of "And she spoke (Va't'daber)": (With the Hebrew letter beit) - And the meaning of the Hebrew phrase for “and she spoke” with the preposition “of” (the Hebrew letter beit): In a deceitful? manner such as “And the people spoke against God” (Bamidbar 11:5). It is found both as praise and in a prophet’s manner of speaking. There are those who say that Moshes ruled over Ethiopia (the land of Kush) and married the Kushite (woman). Targum Onkelos says that she was beautiful and it was the language of respect just as the Ishmaelites call tar ‘white stuff (ha-lavan)’, so we call the blind person, ‘full of light’ (a euphemism). And thus it isn’t clear whether it is called a word that is meant to be praise that they turned into criticism. Meanwhile, there are those who say that the son of Kish (קיש) the Benjamite was Saul and thus from here on out, [I will translate the word] as the people of Kush (the Kushites). This is already its plain meaning. Thus the correct interpretation in my eyes is that this Kushite was Tzipporah for she was a Midianite and Midianites are Ishmaelites. (These peoples) live in tents (See Habbakuk 3:7: "The tent curtains of the land of Midian were trembling. The earth quaked.) and because of the heat of the sun, they have no whiteness among them. Tzipporah was dark and looked like a Kushite.

V. 2. עזי, von עוז ,עזז: die Widerstandskraft, die Unüberwindlichkeit. Mein Unüberwundengebliebensein: — daß Pharao und das Weltmeer mich unberührt gelassen, und זמרת: das jetzige Singen, in dem ich begriffen bin, beides ist Gotteswirkung. Wir haben schon zu Bereschit 43, 10 das Verhältnis von זמרה, der Melodie, zu שיר, dem Liedeswort angedeutet. Wir meinten, es sei die Melodie das hörbare Emporringen des Gemüts zur ganzen Höhe der Begeisterung und Reife des in der Seele arbeitenden Gedankens ( — die Rebe zur Weinfrucht —). Diese höchste Arbeit des menschlichen Geistes, in welcher sich seine edelste Energie entfaltet, ist bei dem gottbegeisterten Sänger selbst ein Gotteswirken. Es ist, wie der Liederkönig Israels von sich ausspricht: Gottes Geist, der durch ihn spricht, und sein Wort schwebt auf seiner Zunge. — רוח ד׳ דבר בי ומלתו על לשוני,(Sam. II. 23, 2). Darum fehlt in allen diesen Sätzen (hier — Ps. 118, 14; Jes. 12, 2) die Personalbezeichnung: mein, nicht זמרתי, sondern זמרת. Der Sänger will ja eben sagen: es sei nicht זמרתו!

SPEAK UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. Since this chapter deals with [the laws of] prohibited sexual intercourse which apply equally to all Israel, therefore He said only, Speak unto the children of Israel, and did not specify the priests but included them together. Therefore He said at first, I am the Eternal your G-d, just as He did in the Ten Commandments [which He began with the words, I am the Eternal thy G-d].²¹⁴Exodus 20:2. And the meaning of the verse, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: I am the Eternal your G-d, is as if He said, “Say unto them in My Name, ‘I am the Eternal your G-d.’” Similarly, Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them: Ye shall be holy, for I the Eternal your G-d am holy,²¹⁵Further, 19:2. [means: “say unto them in My Name, ‘Ye shall be holy'”].
It is possible that the reason [why the verse does not say: “this is what G-d commanded,” is not because it means: “say unto them in My Name” as explained above, but] is rather as follows: When Moses came out from before the Eternal without the veil²¹⁶Exodus 34:33-35. [on his face], and he came out, and spoke unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded,²¹⁷Ibid., Verse 34. he did not need to say to them: “Thus said the Eternal,” for it was known to them that it was His spirit that spoke through him [Moses] and His word was upon his tongue,²¹⁸See II Samuel 23:2. Hence it is no longer necessary to explain the meaning of the verse to be [as we said above]: “Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them in My Name, I am the Eternal your G-d,” since it was known to them that Moses did not speak in his own name. and that he did not speak in his own name. Similarly, in many places in the Book of Deuteronomy it is stated in the same way, such as: And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto My commandments, which I command you this day … that I will give the rain of your Land … And I will give grass in thy fields,²¹⁹Deuteronomy 11:13-15. and [it is known that] Moses is not the one who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields,²²⁰Job 5:10. and makes the grass grow in the fields, but it is G-d, blessed be He [that does these things]. Similarly it is said, But the Eternal hath not given you a heart to know … And I have led you forty years in the desert … Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye might know that I am the Eternal your G-d.²²¹Deuteronomy 29:3-5. The opening verse [But the Eternal …] clearly indicates that the expression in the following verse, And I have led you etc. is also a reference to the Eternal, and not to Moses. The meaning of the expression to love the Eternal your G-d²²²Ibid., 11:13. [which is stated in the third person, when that same verse begins in the first person, And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto My commandments], has already been explained.²²³Exodus 24:1 (towards end — Vol. II, p. 422-3).