1)
What is "Ahalo Mivtacho"?
1.
Rashi: His wife, who relies on him.
2.
Malbim: Mivtacho, the eternal Nefesh - man's reliance after death - leaves Ahalo (his body).
2)
What is the meaning of "v'Satz'idehu l'Melech Balahos"?
1.
Rashi: She sends him to the grave, to the king of the demons.
2.
Ibn Ezra: His counsel and hope brought him to the greatest of Balahos 1 .
3.
Malbim: [His Nefesh] sends [the body] to the king of the demons, to punish it.
1
Ibn Ezra did not explain this above (11). Elsewhere, he explained it to be fear, or nothingness. (PF)
