פירוש על תענית 45:16

He sat [meaning,] Choni HaMe'aggel, and he ate bread.

A cliff formed around him: A boulder arose around him.

And he was concealed from sight: So they did not find him there.

Several herds: The offspring of offspring. It was pregnant with a male, and during those years that he slept, it also mated with it and they were born.