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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 22:4/אבן עזרא על במדבר כ״ב:ד׳
אאל זקני מדין. יתכן שהיו החמשה מלכים זקנים:
1UNTO THE ELDERS OF MIDIAN. It is possible that the five Midianite kings are these same elders.4
בילחכו כלחוך. שנים בנינים:
2NOW WILL THIS MULTITUDE LICK UP…AS THE OX LICKETH UP. Yelachakhu (will…lick up) and ki-lechokh (as…licketh up) are two different conjugations.5 (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.