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Save "Ibn Ezra on Numbers 22:4"
22:4
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אל זקני מדין. יתכן שהיו החמשה מלכים זקנים: UNTO THE ELDERS OF MIDIAN. It is possible that the five Midianite kings are these same elders.4Num. 31:8 speaks of five Midianite kings. I.E. identifies the elders in our verse with them.

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ילחכו כלחוך. שנים בנינים: NOW WILL THIS MULTITUDE LICK UP…AS THE OX LICKETH UP. Yelachakhu (will…lick up) and ki-lechokh (as…licketh up) are two different conjugations.5Yelachakhu (will…lick up) is in the pi’el. Ki-lechokh (as…licketh up) is a kal. Both words come from the root lamed, chet, caf.

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