## Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 15

###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 15:1
[Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Malbim%20Ayelet%20HaShachar/r/15:1)

והפעלים המיוחדים לאבר מיוחד – כמו **ולקח ונתן** אל היד, **דרך רמס הלך** אל הרגל, **פנה** אל הפנים – בכל אלה צריך שיעשה באבר ההוא. וזה מבואר בפעלים מיוחדים [כמו **חפן קמץ כרע**] שהפעל נגזר משם האבר שבו יפעול.

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
Verbs that are designated to a specific limb – like **ולקח ונתן** (take/give) to the hand, **דרך רמס הלך** (walk on/trample/walk) to the foot, **פנה** (turn) to countenance - with all of these, the verb must act with that limb. And this explains why the special verbs (like **חפן קמץ כרע**) are derived from the name of the limb in which the verb acts.


###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 15:2
[Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 15:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Malbim%20Ayelet%20HaShachar/r/15:2)

אבל בפעלים שמורים על העשות איזה דבר [כמו **זרק שפך חלץ כסה**] אין הכרע במה יעשה הפעול ונלמד תמיד מן הענין והפעל הסמוך לו. (אחרי ס' קטז)

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
But for verbs that teach about the action of a certain thing, like **זרק שפך חלץ כסה**, it is not resolved as to what performs the action and we always learn this from the context and from the verb that is next to it.

*For example, the verb*כרע*, which means kneel, is derived from the noun*כרע*, which means knee, as one kneels with one’s knee. And the verb*קמץ*, which means grasp a handful of something, is derived from the noun*קמץ*, which means handful. And the verb*חפן*, which means to take a handful, is derived from the noun*חפן*, which means handful.*