Bamidbar 12:13

13 And Moshe cried unto Hashem, saying, El (G-d), refah (heal) her now, I beseech thee.

Bamidbar 12:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 12:13

And Moses cried unto the Lord
With a loud voice, and with great earnestness and importunity, being heartily affected with the miserable condition Miriam was in:

saying, heal her now, O God, I beseech thee;
in the original text it is, "O God now, heal her now"; for the same particle is used at the close as at the beginning of the petition; and the repetition of it shows his earnestness and importunity that she might be healed directly, immediately, without any delay; and Moses uses the word "El", which signifies the strong and mighty God, as expressive of his faith in the power of God, that he was able to heal her; and at the same time suggests that none but he could do it; and so Aben Ezra interprets it,

``thou that hast power in thine hand, now heal her;''

this prayer is a proof of his being of a meek, humble, and forgiving spirit.

Bamidbar 12:13 In-Context

11 And Aharon said unto Moshe, Alas, adoni, I beseech thee, hold not the chattat (sin) against us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

12 Let her not be as one dead, of whom the basar is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother’s womb.

13 And Moshe cried unto Hashem, saying, El (G-d), refah (heal) her now, I beseech thee.

14 And Hashem said unto Moshe, If her av had but spit in her face, should she not be in disgrace seven days? Let her be exiled from the machaneh seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

15 And Miryam was exiled from the machaneh seven days; and HaAm did not set out till Miryam was received in again.