"Va'espalel el Hashem Va'omar Hashem Elokim ? ". What is the connection between this Tefilah and the forty-day Tefilah mentioned in the previous Pasuk, the contents of which the Torah does not discluse?
Ramban and R. Bachye (on Pasuk 18, according to Kabalah): They are two separate Tefilos. The current Pasuk refers to the Tefilah that Moshe Davened before descending Har Sinai the first time 3 - following which the Torah wrote there 4 "Vayinachem Hashem al ha'Ra'ah ... "; the previous Pasuk, to the Tefilah that he Davened whilst on the mountain the second time.
"Va'espalel el Hashem Va'omar Hashem Elokim ? ". Why is Hashem Elokim spelt ?Adnus Havayah'?
R. Bachye: Refer to 9:26:2:1.
"Va'espalel el Hashem Va'omar Hashem Elokim ? ". Why did Moshe Daven to "Hashem Elokim (spelt ?Adnus Havayah'), whereas the fortyday Tefilah he davened to the Name Havayah exclusively?
R. Bachye (on Pasuk 18, according to Kabalah): He Davened initially to the Midas ha'Din 1 (which was about to annihilate them) and later to Shem Havayah - to counter Hashem's anger, which they aroused when they made the Eigel and were guilty of Mekatzetz Netiyos (which entails detaching oneself from the Shem Havayah).
?Adnus Havayah'.
