1)

Why does it say "Nusu Maletu Nafshechem v'Sihyenah"?

1.

Radak: Your souls will be in the place to which you escape.

2.

Malbim: This is a command. [Since it was prophesized that Mo'av will be defeated,] do not fight. Save your souls via fleeing!

2)

What is "k'Aro'er"?

1.

Rashi, based on Targum Yonasan: It is the tower of Aro'er in the Midbar. There is no settlement around it, only tent-dwellers. A tower without settlement looks like a ruin.

2.

Rashi citing Menachem: It is a kind of tree of the forest.

3.

Radak: It is a tree that grows in the Midbar, in dry land 1 . After you leave your cities and flee, your cities will be like Aro'er in the Midbar.

4.

Malbim: It is the name of a city of Mo'av 2 that was in the Midbar, separated from settlement. So you will dwell in the Midbar!


1

Perhaps it is cactus. (PF)

2

We find that Sichon ruled in Aro'er (Yehoshua 12:2), and he took Mo'av's land (Bamidbar 21:26). (PF)

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