Reference for Menachot 106:17

ולישקול פורתא מיניה וליחמציה מאבראי וליתיה ונילושיה בהדיה גזירה דלמא אתי לאיתויי מעלמא

of Israel were broken; for R'Hinena B'Papa said, A grievous statement did the spies make at that moment when they said, For they ore stronger than we.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XIII, 31. ubnn ubnn');">²⁰</span> Read not 'than we', but 'than He';<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'than He' instead of 'than we', a difference of pronunciation in the Oriental or Babylonian Massorah in order to distinguish between the third person masc. sing. and the first person plur.; v. Sot., Sonc. ed., p. 172, n. 1.');">²¹</span>

Explore reference for Menachot 106:17. In-depth commentary and analysis from classical Jewish sources.