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ויראו כל העדה. כאשר ראו זה המאורע שאירע בכו שלשים יום: AND WHEN ALL THE CONGREGATION SAW. When they saw the event which occurred, they wept for thirty days.82In other words, And all the congregation saw (the literal interpretation of the verse) is to be rendered, And when all the congregation saw.
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ומלת גויעה. פירשתיו: [DIED.] I have already explained the meaning of the term.83See I.E. on Gen. 25:8 (Vol. 1, p. 245): “Gava refers to a death wherein the soul leaves the body in a moment without pain and delay.”