1)
What is "Makah Rabah"?
1.
Radak: It refers to what follows ? they killed 500,000 men.
2.
Radak citing Vayikra Rabah 33:5: It was more than killing them. They caused that their wives be unable to remarry (for no one would be able to recognize who was killed). Some say that they removed Hakaras Pneihem (their noses) ? "Hakaras Pneihem Ansah Bam" (Yeshayah 3:9). Some say that they guarded the bodies for three days (did not let anyone look at them) until the form decayed ? "Atzmu Li Almenosav me'Chol Yamim" (Yirmeyah 15:8).
