1)

What is the meaning of "va'Yasobu"?

1.

Radak: They surrounded him [to strike him].

2)

Why were 10 spears cast into him (apart from what entered his heart)?

1.

Pirkei d'R. Eliezer (52): This was for transgressing Kivud Av v'Em, which is like transgressing Aseres ha'Dibros.

2.

Radak (14, citing Sotah 9b): It is because he had Bi'ah with 10 concubines of his father.

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