Jewish%20thought for Sotah 68:7

(במדבר יג, כב) ויעלו בנגב ויבא עד חברון ויבאו מבעי ליה אמר רבא מלמד שפירש כלב מעצת מרגלים והלך ונשתטח על קברי אבות אמר להן אבותי בקשו עלי רחמים שאנצל מעצת מרגלים

[He was named] Sethur because he undermined [sathar] the works of the Holy One, blessed be He; and Michael [was so named] because he suggested that God [el] was weak [mak].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'he made himself to be weak' — a reverential avoidance of a disparaging reference to God. He was the man who said: 'Even the master of the house cannot remove his furniture from there' (infra 35a). ');">¹²</span> R. Johanan said: We can also explain [the name] Nahbi the son of Vophsi.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 14. ');">¹³</span>

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