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ויגל ה'. כנער אלישע שהוסיף במאור עיניו או הכהו תחלה בסנורים: THEN THE LORD OPENED. As in the case of Elisha’s young man (II Kings 6:17).97Who did not see the angels until God “opened his eyes.” God added to the light of his98Balaam’s. eyes99So that he could now see what he wasn’t able to see before. or first struck him blind.100And then opened his eyes.
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וישתחו לאפיו. פירשתיו: AND BOWED HIS HEAD.101Hebrew, appav, literally, his nostrils. According to I.E. our phrase should be rendered, and he bowed with his nostrils. I have already explained its meaning.102The nostrils protrude from the face and touch the ground when one bows. See I.E. on Gen. 19 and the notes thereto (Vol. 1, p. 202).