All these cycles of decrees were by his hand, and this is... the great fish... of which it is stated: (see Ez. 29:3)... the great crocodile... This is the ‘fish’ (dag) of Egypt, and its female partner is ‘the female fish’ (dagah). (Jon. 2:2) And Jonah prayed to Y”Y his God from the bowels of the fish. Who are the ‘bowels of the fish’? They are the Egyptians.
And furthermore: And Y”Y appointed a great fish... (Jon. 2:1) – this is the spleen, Lylyt, which is the mixed multitude (’eirev) rav, from that captain (rav) ha-ḥovel, [Var. this is Samael, dagah (female) fish this is the snake – Lylyt, his coupling partner, from that ‘captain,’ the spleen, which is ‘the mixed multitude’] of whom it is stated: (Ex. 12:38) And also a mixed multitude... etc. And the spleen is: (Ecc. 7:6) the mirth of the fool. Of it is stated: (Ecc. 7:9) For anger lies in the lap of fools...