And the lintels of the doors were moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.
Ibn Ezra
And the posts of the threshold moved. It was as if the threshold would move away from its place. אמות Posts. About the meaning of the word there is no question; in this sense, it is, according to some, hapax legomenon. ההמון הקורא מקול = מקול הקורא At the voice of the multitude that cried. The verse begins with the past וינועו, and continues with the future ימלא, because the Hebrew language has no special form for the imperfect tense; past and future are therefore used for it promiscuously.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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