פירוש על ברכות 15:3

M. : Rab Nahman b. Isaac.

"The mighty" means the many assembled for prayer. This rendering of the verse is based on a slightly different reading of the Hebrew text ; viz. the waw of welo' is omitted, so that kabbir is taken to be the object of the verb and not an adjective qualifying el. R.V. "Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any."

I.e. many joining with me in prayer, and for that reason I was delivered. R.V. "for there were many [that strove] with me." The reference to Ps. Iv. 19 is out of place here and has been wrongly inserted from the Baraita which follows; cf. A. P. A. III. p. 542, n. 5.