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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 14:4/אבן עזרא על שמות י״ד:ד׳
אוחזקתי. כאילו שכח המכות שהוכו בעבור ישראל:
1AND I WILL HARDEN PHARAOH’S HEART. As if he forgot the plagues25 means: I will harden his heart so that he will act as if he forgot the plagues. with which the Egyptians were smitten because of Israel.
בואכבדה בפרעה. אז יֵרָאה כבודי בעולם לטבוע פרעה וחילו:
2AND I WILL GET ME HONOR UPON PHARAOH. My glory shall be manifest in the world when I drown Pharaoh and his army.26 (upon Pharaoh) is to be interpreted, via Pharaoh.
גוידעו מצרים. הנשארים גם הנטבעים לפני מותם כי אני ה':
3AND THE EGYPTIANS SHALL KNOW. The remnants27 and those who drowned prior to their death shall know that I am the Lord.
דויעשו כן. אחז הכתוב דרך קצרה לומר ששבו אחורנית:
4AND THEY DID SO. Scripture’s short way of saying that they turned backwards.28 is short for: and they turned backwards and encamped before pi-hahiroth. According to Krinsky, and they did so is short for: and Moses told Israel to turn backwards, etc.