What is the meaning of "bi'Rchotz Halichai b'Chemah"?
Rashi: When I washed my feet in butter. Chemah is like Chem'ah. Ibn Ezra - sometimes Aleph is omitted, e.g. Beis She'an is written "Beis Shan" (Shmuel I, 31:10). This is a Mashal.
Malbim: When my property succeeded, I washed my roads with butter, until it was smooth to walk on.
What is the meaning of "v'Tzur Yatzuk Imadi Palgei Shamen"?
Rashi: I had all contentment and desires of my heart, which are pleasant like rivers of oil 1 . Yatzuk is pouring, like "v'Yatzakta."
Malbim: Even things not prepared for profit and wealth, like a rock is not proper to give liquid, were reversed for me to success, rivers of oil and great wealth.
Hashem told R. Elazar that in the future, he will have 13 rivers of balsam oil (Ta'anis 25a). (PF)


