מִמֶּ֤נּוּ פִנָּה֙ מִמֶּ֣נּוּ יָתֵ֔ד מִמֶּ֖נּוּ קֶ֣שֶׁת מִלְחָמָ֑ה מִמֶּ֛נּוּ יֵצֵ֥א כָל־נוֹגֵ֖שׂ יַחְדָּֽו׃
פֿֿון אים דער װינקלשטײן, פֿֿון אים דאָס פֿלעקל, פֿֿון אים דער בױגן פֿֿון מלחמה, פֿֿון אים װעט אַרױסגײן יעטװעדער געװעלטיקער באַגלײַך.
Rabbeinu Bahya
A Midrashic approach based on Sifri Haazinu; the word וכוננך means: “a metropolis which contains everything” — It is a people which produces its own priests, prophets, scholars, scientists, scribes, etc. It does not have to rely on outsiders, non-Jews. This is the meaning of Zecharyah 10,4: “from them shall come cornerstones, tent pegs, bows of combat, and every captain shall arise from them.” [The prophet speaks of the self-sufficiency of the Kingdom of Yehudah.] Pharaoh had not found anyone amongst all his wise men who could interpret his dream satisfactorily, but he had to turn to Joseph. Nevuchadnezzar did not find an interpreter among all the wise men of Babylon and had to turn to the Jew, Daniel.