What is the meaning of "Ve'asah Betzal'el ve'Ohali'av... "?
Rashi (in Makos, 12a): It means and Betzal'el and Ohali'av shall do ... '.
Targum Onkelos and Tarfum Yonasan: It means 'And Betzal'el and Ohali'av did ... '.
" ? asher Nasan Hashem Chochmah u'Sevunah Baheimah". Why does the Torah add an extra 'Hey' to the word "Bahem".
R. Bachye #1: ? With reference to 35:35 - it refers to the Chochmas ha'Shechinah, 1 which imbued them with Chochmah and Tevunah.
R. Bachye #2: To hint at the fact that it is impossible for a human-being to actually attain the Chochmas ha'Shechinah, 2 to which by comparison, his level is like that of an animal 3 ? and with the additional 'Hey', the word reads 'Beheimah'.
R. Bachye #3: To teach us that, even the donors who, like Beheimos and Chayos, were lacking in intelligence, the moment they volunteered to perform work for the Mishkan, they were imbued with Chochmas ha'Shachinah. 4 5
As R. Bachye mentions often regarding the letter 'Hey'. See for example 15:16, in connection with "Tipol aleihem Eimasah va'Fachad."
As the Pasuk writes in Tehilim 92:7 "Ish Ba'ar Lo Yeida u'Chesil Lo Yavin es Zos". See R. Bchye.
R. Bachye: As the Pasuk writes in Tehilim 49:13 "Nimshal ka'Beheimos Nidmu".
See R. Chavel's footnotes.
