Why does it say "from the sole to the head"?
Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: This means from the lowest people to the greatest.
Radak: This is like it says "Yakecha Hashem
What is "Mesom"?
Rashi: It is an expression of purity - complete, without pain.
Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: It is virtue.
Radak: It is a healthy place, without a plague.
Malbim: It is a human form. All limbs are full of wounds!
What is "Petza"?
Rashi: It is a wound from a sword.
Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: It is sin.
Radak: It is a wound that emits blood or pus, for the skin was bruised.
What is "Chaburah"?
Rashi: It is an expression of Chavalah (wound).
Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: It is sin.
Radak, Malbim: It is a wound in which the blood or pus congealed.
What is "Makah Teriyah"?
Targum Yonasan: Merasesa. Rashi - it is cut and crushed.
Rashi citing Menachem: A moist wound. It is always wet. Radak - since it never dries, this shows that it has no cure.
Malbim: It is a wound that drains the moisture from his bones. Its cure is via potions that dry and stop the flow. This worsens Chaburah and Petza, for their cure (refer to 1:6:6:1*) is only while they are moist. When these come together, there is no cure.
What is the meaning of "Lo Zoru"?
Rashi: Doctors did not spread medicinal powders on it 1 . This is like "Yezoreh Al Navehu Gafris" (Iyov 18:15).
Rashi citing Menachem: It is an expression of a cure, like "Ein Dan Dinech l'Nazor" (Yirmeyah 30:13). Radak - this is like it says "Asher Lo Suchal Leherafei" (Devarim 28:35). From this, you should have realized that it is from Hashem, like He warned in the Tochachah!
Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: They were not cured, to repent fully.
What is "Lo Chubashu"?
Rashi: It is an expression of a cure.
Malbim: It is a bandage to close the break in the skin of a Petza, so it can heal. A cloth stops the wound from spreading to other parts of the body 1 .
Perhaps this is a second Perush. Malbim explained like Rashi, that Petza is a wound from a sword. How would this spread to other parts of the body? (PF)
Why does it say "v'Lo Rukecha ba'Shemen"?
Rashi: Their wound was not softened with oil like is done for wounds 1 . It does not say v'Lo Rukechu ba'Shemen (regarding the people), for they soften only the place of the wound. However, Mazor and Chavishah apply to the entire body.
Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: They did not even have a thought of Teshuvah.
Malbim: Afterwards, they put a cloth around it, lest it spread to other parts of the body, and after they spread salves on the wound. They did not do even the first step (softening with oil)!
