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What nation came to the land?
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Rashi: The verse calls the locusts like an army of nations.
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Radak: Every gathering of living beings is called a nation. It says about ants "Am Lo Az", and about hares "Am Lo Atzum" (Mishlei 30:25 -26).
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Malbim: The verse depicts locusts as a nation, for they join together like a nation.
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What do we learn from "Atzum v'Ein Mispar"?
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Malbim: The quality of its strength is Atzum (awesome), and its number is uncountable.
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What do we learn from "Shinav Shinei Arye"?
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Radak: It is as if it has teeth like a lion.
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Malbim: An Arye's strength is in its Shinayim; a Lavi's strength is in its Mesal'os - they can destroy everything!
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What are "Mesal'os"?
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Rashi: They are big teeth with which it chews. Radak - Lavi is bigger than an Arye
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Radak: Yonasan translated Lavi 'bar Aryevan' (i.e. it is smaller than Arye). "U'Vnei Lavi Yisparadu" (Iyov 4:11 ) implies that Lavi is not small (it is old enough to have children).
