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Or HaChaim on Deuteronomy 33:22/אור החיים על דברים ל״ג:כ״ב

אגּוּר אַרְיֵה. אוּלַי שֶׁנִּתְכַּוֵּן אֶל שִׁמְשׁוֹן שֶׁשִּׁסַּע הָאַרְיֵה כְּשַׁסַּע הַגְּדִי (שופטים יד,ו). וְאָמְרוֹ ״יְזַנֵּק״, רֶמֶז לִצְלִיחַת עָלָיו רוּחַ ה׳ וְדִלֵּג לְשַׁסְּעוֹ כִּמְדַלֵּג מֵהַר בָּשָׁן:
1 גור אריה, "a lion cub, etc." Perhaps the Torah referred to Samson who tore the lion with his bare hands as if it had been only a lamb (Judges 14,6). יזנק מן הבשן, "leaping forth from Bashan." This is a reference to the Holy Spirit with which Samson was endowed when he performed his deeds of valour. It made him appear as if he leapt out of the mountains of Bashan.