1)

What is "Tel Aviv"?

1.

Rashi: It means l'Tel Aviv. It is the name of a place 1 . Radak - this is like "mi'Tel Melach Tel Charsa" (Ezra 2:59); perhaps it is one of them,


1

Refer to 1:4:1:2*.

2)

Why does it say that they dwell "El Nehar Kevar"?

1.

Radak: It means Al Nehar Kevar.

3)

It is written va'Asher, and we pronounce it va'Eshev!

1.

Radak: Ka'asher (when) I saw that they are dwelling there, va'Eshev (I dwelled) there.

2.

Radak, from Targum Yonasan: Here it means 'I descended'; the other va'Eshev in the verse means 'I dwelled', like the simple meaning. The pronunciation is like the simple meaning - I dwelled like they dwelled. The Kesiv va'Asher strengthens the matter.

4)

What is "Mashmim"?

1.

Rashi: It is dumbfounded (speechless, amidst astonishment).

2.

Radak: I was astonished and bewildered.

3.

Radak citing Targum Yonasan: I was silent. Malbim - even though I dwelled among them, I did not say my words (Nevu'ah), for I did not get Devar Hashem in detail.

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