Accroaching Power

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They are haughty (רַהַב) of proud spirit.

Rashi on Isaiah 30:7:2

רהב Tyrant. Comp. רהבים tyrants (Ps. 40:5; 87:4).

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah 51:9:3

Having thus cleared away the bad blood from the Left Arm, God turned to the Right Arm and saw it in the same state. So He called Rahab and said: Dost thou desire my Law? He asked what was written in it. God again selected a crucial passage and said: “Thou shalt not commit adultery”. He exclaimed: Alas for me, if God shall give me this inheritance, since it will destroy all my dominion, for I have received the blessing of the waters, of the fishes of the sea, to whom it was said: Be fruitful and multiply, etc.

Zohar, Balak 8:145

He then cited the verse: “And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood” (Ex. 25, 23), and again, “Thou shalt put upon the table shew bread”, etc. ‘God desired all those holy vessels to be made in order that the holy spirit might be drawn down from heaven to earth. Similarly the wicked Balaam prepared one for the other side, with bread which is called “abominable bread”.

Zohar, Balak 7:137

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