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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 15:15/אבן עזרא על שמות ט״ו:ט״ו
אאילי. ביו"ד כמו כבשים, כי השרים כדמותם בצאן:
1THE MIGHTY MEN. Ele (mighty men) spelled with a yod102 means sheep,103 (the mighty men of Moab) literally means the rams of Moab. for the sheep have leaders.104
בוהנה פלשתים ואדום ומואב לא נלחמו עם ישראל במדבר:
2[THEN WERE THE CHIEFS OF EDOM AFFRIGHTED…THE MIGHTY MEN OF MOAB, TREMBLING TAKETH HOLD UPON THEM.] The Philistines, the Edomites, and the Moabites did not wage war with the Israelites in the wilderness.105
גנמוגו כל ישבי כנען. בעבור השמועות, כדרך, ונשמע וימס לבבנו (יהושע ב יא), גם ישבי כנען ארץ כנען:
3ALL THE INHABITANTS OF CANAAN ARE MELTED AWAY. Because of the reports which they received, as in And as soon as we heard it, our hearts did melt (Josh. 2:11). The inhabitants of Canaan is also106 See I.E.’s comments on verse 14 and the notes thereto. to be interpreted as the inhabitants of the land of Canaan.107