1)

What is the meaning of the term "Ad Anah Yena'atzuni "?

1.

Rashi: It means 'How far (To what extent will they anger Me?' 1

2.

Seforno: It means 'Until what limit will I tolerate their putting Me to shame?'

3.

Targum Onkelos and Targum Yonasan: It means ?Until when will they anger Me?'

4.

Oznayim la'Torah (citing Midrash Rabah): The Torah only writes "Ad Anah" when something has happened twice - and indeed they 'angered 2 Him twice; once when they described the Manna as 'Lechem ha'Kelokel', 3 and once here, where Hashem caused the Cana'anim to die in order to turn their attention away from the spies and they claimed that it is a land that kills its inhabitants.


1

Mizrachi: This is unlike everywhere else, that it means 'until which place.'

2

Angered Him ("Yena'atzuni") refers to describing something good that Hashem did as bad (Oznayim la'Torah).

3

See Oznayim la'Torah.

2)

What did Hashem mean when He added "be'Chol ha'Osos asher Asisi be'Kirbo"?

1.

Rashi: He meant that having witnessed all the miracles that Hashem performed with them, they should have believed that He was able to fulfill His promises. 1


1

Refer to 14:3:3:1.

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