Shemos Ches: Beis

Question 1

וַיֵּ֤ט אַֽהֲרֹן֙ אֶת־יָד֔וֹ עַ֖ל מֵימֵ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם וַתַּ֨עַל֙ הַצּפַרְדֵּ֔עַ וַתְּכַ֖ס אֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם:

Answer 1

Aaron stretched his arm over the waters of Egypt
and frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt

Question 2

תַּעַל הַצּפַרְדֵּעַ.
צְפַרֵדַּע אַחַת הָיְתָה וְהָיוּ מַכִּין אוֹתָהּ וְהִיא מַתֶּזֶת נְחִילִים נְחִילִים, זֶהוּ מִדְרָשׁוֹ וּפְשׁוּטוֹ יֵשׁ לוֹמַר, שֵׁרוּץ הַצְפַרְדְּעִים קוֹרֵא לְשׁוֹן יְחִידוּת; וְכֵן וַתְּהִי הַכִּנָּם – הָרְחִישָׁה, פדולייר”א בְּלַעַז, וְאַף ותעל הצפרדע – גרינולייר”א בְּלַעַז:

Answer 2

and the frog came, it was one frog, and they (the mitzrim) were hitting the frog
and it spewed out heaps and heaps - this is a MIdrash

One can say for Pshat the swarm of frogs, it calls in the singular
and so too “and the louse (signular of lice) was”
the swarm as in old french פדולייר”א
and so too “and the frog went up in old French גרינולייר”א”

Question 3

Rashi Question

Answer 3

What does it mean the frog (singular) came up?

Question 4

Rashi Answer

Answer 4

Rashi brings two answers to this question. 1- a
Derash: it was one frog that came from the water and every time the Mitzrim hit the frog, the one frog spit out more and more frogs.
2- Peshat: The way you say the multiple of frog is “frog” so really it
was that a lot of frogs came from the waters but the pasok says it
in the singular because that is how you say it.