## Malbim Ayelet HaShachar Klal 559

###### Malbim Ayelet HaShachar 559:1
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**מחשבה** בנפעל מורה מחשבות זרות ובלתי רגילות. וזהו מ"ש "המקריב אותו לא יחשב", כי אי אפשר לפרש לא יחשב לו לזכות – שבזה דרך להסמיך הענין כמו "ויחשבה לו צדקה". (צו סימן קיח).

**Ayelet Hashachar, translated by Betzalel Avraham Feinstein, 2021:**
**מחשבה** (thought) as a passive voice verb teaches that the thoughts are peculiar and not typical. And an example of this is when it is written המקריב אותו לא יחשב (neither shall it be imputed to him that offers it)⁷⁴⁹; it is impossible to interpret it as *לא יחשב לו לזכות*(neither shall it be imputed to him for a merit), since if it is to be interpreted in this way, the merit would have to be next to *לא יחשב לו*, as it is with ויחשבה לו צדקה (and He counted it to him for righteousness)⁷⁵⁰.

footnotes:
⁷⁴⁹ Leviticus 7:18.
⁷⁵⁰ Genesis 15:6.