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Rashi on Numbers 21:29/רש"י על במדבר כ״א:כ״ט

אאוי לך מואב. שֶׁקִּלְּלוּ אֶת מוֹאָב שֶׁיִּמָּסְרוּ בְיָדוֹ (תנחומא):
1אוי לך מואב WOE TO THEE, MOAB — [These are not the words of the historian but those of Balaam and Beor, for] they cursed the Moabites (as they had been hired to do) so that they should be delivered into his (Sihon’s) hands (Midrash Tanchuma, Chukat 24).
בכמוש. שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵי מוֹאָב:
2כמוש CHEMOSH was the name of Moab’s god.
גנתן. הַנּוֹתֵן אֶת בָּנָיו שֶׁל מוֹאָב:
3נתן HE HATH GIVEN [HIS SONS] — The subject of the sentence is to be supplied: HE who gave HATH GIVEN HIS SONS i.e. those of Moab,
דפליטם — נָסִים וּפְלֵטִים מֵחֶרֶב וְאֶת בְּנוֹתָיו בַּשְּׁבִית וְגוֹ':
4פלטים — AS FUGITIVES — as men who flee and attempt to escape from the sword, and his daughters into captivity, etc.