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One of the noteworthy items in this chapter appears in v. 7: \u201cFor My people persists in its defection from Me; when it is summoned upward, it does not rise at all.\u201d Indistinguishable in its English translation is the Hebrew phrase \u201c<\/span>el `al<\/span><\/em>,\u201d rendered here as \u201cupward.\u201d Hence, the name of Israel\u2019s national airline, El Al.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is interesting to see how this phrase was interpreted before the advent of flight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rashi (followed by Kara) wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n

To that to which the prophets all summoned them My people did not ascend, neither did they deign to perform it. Some interpret <\/span>el al<\/span><\/em> as beset by severe afflictions, with <\/span>al<\/span><\/em> resembling \u201chave the power\u201d (<\/span>eil<\/span><\/em>). This is not so because it is vocalized differently. [Targum] Yonatan translated it as \u201csevere affliction\u201d also treating <\/span>al<\/span><\/em> as severity, but it appears to me that I have interpreted it properly.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ibn Ezra\u2019s interpretation is reminiscent of our own translation:<\/span><\/p>\n

El `al <\/span><\/i>is like \u201cThus spoke the man who was raised high (`<\/em><\/span>al<\/span><\/em>),\u201d which is an adjective like \u201csupreme\u201d (<\/span>elyon<\/span><\/em>). The meaning is: the ones calling, being God\u2019s prophets, will call them to the most high, while they, uniformly, will refuse to raise their heads.<\/span><\/p>\n

He was followed in this respect by Radak who said, succinctly: \u201cThe prophets call him regularly to return to the blessed most-high God.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Malbim again took an idiosyncratic view, regarding the subject of the verse as Israel and its God:<\/span><\/p>\n

The essence of the verse is that all Israel together will call [to God] and ask Him not to elevate His presence upwards, that is above the heavenly heights, and disappear from them completely\u2026 [The prophet] described that in a time of trouble, when God wishes to return to His place, they will beseech Him not to distance Himself from them, but to remain available to save them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ibn Ezra\u2019s interpretation appears to be more in sync with the context than Malbim\u2019s, as v.2 of this chapter, which also features the term \u201csummons,\u201d is clearly speaking of the prophets, and 7:16, which utilizes both \u201creturn\u201d and \u201cabove,\u201d is speaking of the people\u2019s proximity to God, not vice versa.<\/span><\/p>\n

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