Why did Balak give up and send Bil'am away?
Ramban (on Pasuk 7): Because he heard that whoever fights with Yisrael will be defeated. 1
Seforno: Because he heard that whoever curses Yisrael is cursed.
See Pasuk 8.
What are the connotations of "B'rach-l'cha"?
Seforno: It means (not to flee from a pursuer 1 , but) to run away from a threat.
R. Bachye (citing the R?dak in the name of his father): It is an expression that means ?Get out - fast!? 2
For which the correct word would be 'Lanus'.
R. Bachye ibid.: Like ?Barchu mi?Kasdim? - in Yeshayah 48:20 - See R. Bachye, who, citing the R?dak, also discusses the Pasuk inYonah 1:3 ?Livro?ach Tarshishah, where Yonah?s intention was not to feee from Hashem. See R. Bachye
Oznayim la?Torah: Despite the fact that he was lame in one leg!
Oznayim la'Torah: This is because his donkey had been killed.
Why did Balak use the double Lashon ?Amarti Chabed Achabedcha?.
R. Bachye: Because the first two times, hoping that Bil?am would eventually curse Yisrael, he told him that he would honor him, but this was no longer feasible, now that he had blessed them three times - since Hashem has withheld from him Kavod.
