And the wicked, who are ‘the mixed multitude’, it is stated of them: the cantillation note: soph-pasuq (end-of-verse), for they are of the seed of’Amaleq, of whom it is stated: (Ex. 17:16) And He said: ‘For a hand is upon the throne of YaH...’
And they are of five types: ’Amaleqites, ‘mighty-ones’ (giborim), Nephilim, ‘giants’ (’anaqim), ‘ghosts’ (repha-im). For all of them rise up and overpower Israel in the exile. It is this that is written: (Gen. 7:18) And the waters became mighty, and increased greatly upon the earth... Four times it is written: and they became mighty (va-yigbe-ru) or, and... they were mighty... (Gen. 7:19) – corresponding to ‘the four exiles’, and about them it is stated the cantillation note: soph-pasuq (end-of-verse), for the blessed Holy One stops (pasiq) them, at the end (soph) of days, from the world.