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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 15:4/אבן עזרא על שמות ט״ו:ד׳
אמרכבות פרעה. שהיו כבדות ועמהם חילו, כאילו ירה אותם כמו חץ שהוא קל:
1PHARAOH’S CHARIOTS. God, as it were, cast Pharaoh’s heavy chariots and their hosts as if they were a light arrow.
בבעבור שהזכיר חילו הזכיר שלישיו שהיו על כלו:
2[AND HIS CHOSEN CAPTAINS.] Moses made mention of his chosen captains “who were over all them”54 because he had previously spoken of Pharaoh’s hosts.
גואמר יפת כי ים סוף כמו קנה וסוף קמלו (ישעי' יט ו), ותשם בסוף (למעלה ב) כי ים סוף קנה וסוף סביביו ולא סביבות שאר הימים, ור' ישועה אמר, שם עיר כמו ים כנרת (יהושע יג כז):
3[THE RED SEA.] Yefet55 says that suf in yam suf (the Red Sea) has the same meaning as the word suf (flags) in The reeds and flags shall wither (Is. 19:6) and the word suf in and laid it in the flags (Ex. 2:3). For reeds and rushes grow around the yam suf,56 is the Sea of Flags or the Sea of Reeds. and not around other seas.57 However, Rabbi Joshua says that suf is the name of a city.58 is the Sea of Suf. It is like yam kinneret (the sea of Chinnereth) (Josh. 13:27).59 6a) because the city of Tiberias is situated on it shores.