Tanach
Amos 9 עמוס ט׳
Part of: Petuchah, Amos 9:1Petuchah, Amos 9:7Petuchah, Amos 9:13
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רָאִיתִי אֶת־אֲדֹנָי נִצָּב עַֽל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וַיֹּאמֶר הַךְ הַכַּפְתּוֹר וְיִרְעֲשׁוּ הַסִּפִּים וּבְצַעַם בְּרֹאשׁ כֻּלָּם וְאַחֲרִיתָם בַּחֶרֶב אֶהֱרֹג לֹֽא־יָנוּס לָהֶם נָס וְלֹֽא־יִמָּלֵט לָהֶם פָּלִֽיט׃
I saw the Lord standing besides the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake: and break them in pieces over the head of all of them; and I will slay the remnant of them with the sword: not a single one of them shall flee away, and not a single one of them shall escape.
I saw the Lord standing besides the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake: and break them in pieces over the head of all of them; and I will slay the remnant of them with the sword: not a single one of them shall flee away, and not a single one of them shall escape.
Rashi
הך הכפתור. שהוא בראש הגג:
Strike the lintel—which is on top of the roof.
וירעשו הספים. איסקופות הבית התחתונות כך יהרג המלך וירעדו השרים:
and the sideposts shall quake—The lower doorposts of the Temple; so will the king be slain and the princes quake.
ובצעם בראש כולם. כמו ופצעם וי"ת כפתור המנורה טפי מנרתא יתקטל מלכא יאשיהו וירעשו הסיפים ויחרב ביתא ויתפגרון עזרתא:
and break to pieces those who are at the head of all of them Heb. וּבְצַעַם, like וּפְצַעַם [wound them or break them] And Jonathan renders כַּפְתּוֹר as the Menorah: [If the people of the house of Israel do not repent,] extinguish the Menorah; King Josiah shall be slain. And the sideposts shall quake, meaning that the Temple will be destroyed, and the Courtyards will be demolished.
ובצעם בראש כולם. ומאני מקדשא בשביא יהכון ובצעם כמו ממונם יגלה בראש כולם:
וּבְצַעַם בְּרֹאשׁ כֻּלָם, meaning that the vessels of the Temple will go into captivity. וּבְצַעַם means ‘their money’ shall go into exile at the head of all of them.
אִם־יַחְתְּרוּ בִשְׁאוֹל מִשָּׁם יָדִי תִקָּחֵם וְאִֽם־יַעֲלוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם מִשָּׁם אוֹרִידֵֽם׃
Though they dig into She᾽ol, from there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there will I bring them down:
Though they dig into She᾽ol, from there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there will I bring them down:
Rashi
אם יחתרו בשאול. אם ידמון לאיטמרא כדבשאול:
If they dig down into the grave—If they think to hide in Sheol.
ידי תקחם. במימרי ידברינון שנאיהון:
My hand shall take them—Their enemies shall take them with My word. -[from Jonathan]
ואם יעלו השמים. ואם יסקון בטורין רמין עד צית שמיא מתמן במימרי יחתונון:
and if they ascend to the heavens—And if they ascend to the lofty mountains up to the heavens, from there they shall bring them down with My word.
וְאִם־יֵחָֽבְאוּ בְּרֹאשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל מִשָּׁם אֲחַפֵּשׂ וּלְקַחְתִּים וְאִם־יִסָּתְרוּ מִנֶּגֶד עֵינַי בְּקַרְקַע הַיָּם מִשָּׁם אֲצַוֶּה אֶת־הַנָּחָשׁ וּנְשָׁכָֽם׃
and though they hide themselves in the top of the Karmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, from there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
and though they hide themselves in the top of the Karmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, from there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
Rashi
בראש הכרמל. בריש מגדלי כרכיא:
at the peak of Carmel—At the top of the towers of the fortifed cities. [from Jonathan]
משם אחפש. מתמן אפקיד בלושין ויבלשונונון:
from there I will search [them out]—From there I will appoint searchers, and they will search them out. [from Jonathan]
בקרקע הים. בניסי ימא איי הים:
in the land of the sea Heb. בְּקַרְקַע הַיָּם. [Jonathan renders:] בְּנִיסֵי יַמָּא, in the islands of the sea.
אצוה את הנחש. י"ת עממיא דתקיפין כחויא:
I will command the serpent—Jonathan renders: peoples as strong as a serpent.
וְאִם־יֵלְכוּ בַשְּׁבִי לִפְנֵי אֹֽיְבֵיהֶם מִשָּׁם אֲצַוֶּה אֶת־הַחֶרֶב וַהֲרָגָתַם וְשַׂמְתִּי עֵינִי עֲלֵיהֶם לְרָעָה וְלֹא לְטוֹבָֽה׃
and though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
and though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
וַאדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה הַצְּבָאוֹת הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּאָרֶץ וַתָּמוֹג וְאָבְלוּ כׇּל־יוֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ וְעָלְתָה כַיְאֹר כֻּלָּהּ וְשָׁקְעָה כִּיאֹר מִצְרָֽיִם׃
And the Lord God of hosts is he that touches the land, and it melts, and all that dwell therein mourn: and it rises up all of it like the River and sinks down like the River of Miżrayim.
And the Lord God of hosts is he that touches the land, and it melts, and all that dwell therein mourn: and it rises up all of it like the River and sinks down like the River of Miżrayim.
Rashi
הנוגע בארץ ותמוג. דנזיף בארעא וזיע ותמוג לשון נוע וה' הוא הנוגע בארץ ותמוג כלומר גזירה זאת מאתי יצאת:
Who touches the land and it quakes—Who rebukes the land and it quakes. וַתָּמוֹג is an expression of motion. And the Lord is He Who touches the land and it quakes. I.e, this decree emanates from Me.
הַבּוֹנֶה בַשָּׁמַיִם מַעֲלוֹתָו וַאֲגֻדָּתוֹ עַל־אֶרֶץ יְסָדָהּ הַקֹּרֵא לְמֵֽי־הַיָּם וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵם עַל־פְּנֵי הָאָרֶץ יְהֹוָה שְׁמֽוֹ׃ {פ}
It is he that builds his upper chambers in the heavens, and has founded his stairway in the earth; he that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: the Lord is his name.
It is he that builds his upper chambers in the heavens, and has founded his stairway in the earth; he that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out upon the face of the earth: the Lord is his name.
Rashi
ואגודתו. קבוצת בריותיו, ד"א קבוצות הישרים היא היתה יסוד הארץ לתקנת השמים שבשבילם הכל קיים:
and... His company—The company of His creatures. Another explanation: The company of the righteous was the foundation of the earth and the ceiling [other editions: and the benefit] of the heavens, for whose sake everything exists.
הקורא למי הים. דאמר לכנשא משריין סגיאין כמי ימא:
Who calls the water of the sea—Who says to gather camps as numerous as the waters of the sea. [from Jonathan]
הֲלוֹא כִבְנֵי כֻשִׁיִּים אַתֶּם לִי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה הֲלוֹא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶעֱלֵיתִי מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּפְלִשְׁתִּיִּים מִכַּפְתּוֹר וַאֲרָם מִקִּֽיר׃
Are you not as much mine as the children of the Kushiyyim, O children of Yisra᾽el? says the Lord. Have not I brought up Yisra᾽el out of the land of Miżrayim? and the Pelishtim from Kaftor, and Aram from Qir?
Are you not as much mine as the children of the Kushiyyim, O children of Yisra᾽el? says the Lord. Have not I brought up Yisra᾽el out of the land of Miżrayim? and the Pelishtim from Kaftor, and Aram from Qir?
Rashi
הלא כבני כושיים אתם לי. למה אמנע מלהפרע מכם אחרי אשר אינכם שבים אלי הלא מן בני נח באתם כשאר עכו"ם ככושיים אשר נדמיתם להם כענין שנאמר (ירמיהו י״ג:כ״ג) היהפוך כושי עורו כך אתם תוכלו להטיב:
Are you not like the children of the Cushites to Me—Why should I refrain from exacting retribution upon you since you do not return to Me? Have you not come from the sons of Noah like the other nations? Like the Cushites whom you resemble, as the matter is stated: (Jer. 13:22) “Will a Cushite change his skin…? So will you be able to improve.”
הלא. בטובתי תחילת בוחרי בכם היא הוצאה שהוצאתי אתכם מארץ מצרים ומה לי בכך אף פלשתים כך הוצאתי מכפתור כשבאו כפתורים על עוים כענין שנאמר (דברים ב׳:כ״ג) והעוים היושבים בחצרים עד עזה וגו' כבשו גם בני עזה ושאר סרני פלשתים תחתיהם והוצאתים מידם ואעפ"כ לא עשיתים לי לעם:
Did I not—Was it not out of My goodness, the beginning of My choosing you, My taking you out of the land of Egypt? Now what is that to Me? The Philistines, too, I took out of Caphtor in such a manner when the Caphtorites came upon the Avvites, as the matter is stated (Deut. 2:23) “And the Avvites who lived in open towns up to Gaza etc.” They vanquished also the people of Gaza and the remaining lords of the Philistines under them, and I took them out of their hands, and, even so, I did not make them My people.
וארם מקיר. וכן אני עתיד להעלות את ארם מקיר שיגלם שם סנחריב ולקץ הימים משתבטל מלכות אשור יצאו:
and Aram from Kir—And so am I destined to bring Aram up from Kir, where Sennacherib will exile them, and, at the end of days, when the kingdom of Assyria will terminate, they will go out.
הִנֵּה עֵינֵי ׀ אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה בַּמַּמְלָכָה הַֽחַטָּאָה וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּי אֹתָהּ מֵעַל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה אֶפֶס כִּי לֹא הַשְׁמֵיד אַשְׁמִיד אֶת־בֵּית יַעֲקֹב נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃
Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Ya῾aqov, says the Lord.
Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Ya῾aqov, says the Lord.
Rashi
והשמדתי אותה. הממלכה הם בית יהוא אבל בית יעקב לא אשמיד:
and I will destroy it—The kingdom is the house of Jehu, but I will not destroy the house of Jacob.
כִּֽי־הִנֵּה אָֽנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה וַהֲנִעוֹתִי בְכׇֽל־הַגּוֹיִם אֶת־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר יִנּוֹעַ בַּכְּבָרָה וְלֹֽא־יִפּוֹל צְרוֹר אָֽרֶץ׃
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Yisra᾽el among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Yisra᾽el among all nations, as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Rashi
כי הנה אנכי מצוה. להגלותם ולהניעם בכל הגוים הנעה רבה ויתירה:
For behold I command—to exile them among all the nations, an unusually great scattering.
כאשר ינוע מה שכוברין בכברה לאחר שנפלו ממנו סובין הדקין ונותרו הגסין שאין יכולין לצאת ואז המנענע מנענע בכל כחו:
as it is shaken—What they sift with a sieve after the fine bran falls out of it, and there remains the coarse [bran], which cannot come out, and then the one who shakes [it], shakes with all his might.
ינוע. על ידי אחר ולא יתכן לקרות ינוע שהוא דבר הנע מאליו:
it is shaken—by another, and it is impossible to read יָנוּעַ, since that denotes a thing that moves by itself.
בַּחֶרֶב יָמוּתוּ כֹּל חַטָּאֵי עַמִּי הָאֹמְרִים לֹֽא־תַגִּישׁ וְתַקְדִּים בַּעֲדֵינוּ הָרָעָֽה׃
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake or meet us.
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake or meet us.
Rashi
לא תגיש ותקדים בעדינו הרעה. בשביל עוונינו לא תמהר הרעה לגשת ולבא:
“The evil shall not soon come upon us.”—Because of our iniquities, the evil shall not hasten to approach and to come.
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אָקִים אֶת־סֻכַּת דָּוִיד הַנֹּפֶלֶת וְגָדַרְתִּי אֶת־פִּרְצֵיהֶן וַהֲרִֽסֹתָיו אָקִים וּבְנִיתִיהָ כִּימֵי עוֹלָֽם׃
On that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and repair its breaches; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
On that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and repair its breaches; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Rashi
ביום ההוא. אחרי בא עליהם כל אלה יבא יום ההוא המוכן לגאולה ובו אקים סוכת דוד הנופלת, י"ת מלכותא דבית דוד:
On that day—And, after all these will befall him, that day will come, the day destined for the redemption, and thereon... I will raise up the fallen Tabernacle of David—Jonathan renders: the kingdom of the house of David.
לְמַעַן יִֽירְשׁוּ אֶת־שְׁאֵרִית אֱדוֹם וְכׇל־הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר־נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עֲלֵיהֶם נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה עֹשֶׂה זֹּֽאת׃ {פ}
that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations, who are called by my name, says the Lord who does this.
that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations, who are called by my name, says the Lord who does this.
Rashi
למען יירשו. ישראל את שארית וגו' ואת כל הגוים כי נקרא שמי עליהם. אשר. כמו כי:
In order that they inherit—[I.e, in order that] Israel [inherit] the remnant of Edom etc. because My Name is called upon them Heb. אֲשֶׁר, like כִּי, because.
הִנֵּה יָמִים בָּאִים נְאֻם־יְהֹוָה וְנִגַּשׁ חוֹרֵשׁ בַּקֹּצֵר וְדֹרֵךְ עֲנָבִים בְּמֹשֵׁךְ הַזָּרַע וְהִטִּיפוּ הֶֽהָרִים עָסִיס וְכׇל־הַגְּבָעוֹת תִּתְמוֹגַֽגְנָה׃
Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Behold, days are coming, says the Lord, when the ploughman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Rashi
ונגש חורש בקוצר. והשיג דיש את בציר ובציר ישיג את זרע (ויקרא כ״ו:ה׳) לא יספיקו לחרוש עד שיבא הקציר ולא יספיקו לבצור עד שיבא עת הזרע:
that the plowman shall meet the reaper—(Lev. 26:5) “And your threshing shall overtake the vintage, and the vintage shall overtake the sowing.” They will not finish plowing until the harvest comes, and they will not finish harvesting until the time of sowing comes.
תתמוגגנה. תרגם יונתן יתפלחן, קרקע עבודה מתמוגגת בבא גשמים:
shall melt Heb. תִּתְמוֹגַגְנָה. Jonathan renders: shall split. Tilled soil splits when rains come.
עסיס. יין טוב ומתוק:
sweet wine Heb. עָסִיס. Good and sweet wine.
וְשַׁבְתִּי אֶת־שְׁבוּת עַמִּי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבָנוּ עָרִים נְשַׁמּוֹת וְיָשָׁבוּ וְנָטְעוּ כְרָמִים וְשָׁתוּ אֶת־יֵינָם וְעָשׂוּ גַנּוֹת וְאָכְלוּ אֶת־פְּרִיהֶֽם׃
And I will bring back the captivity of my people of Yisra᾽el, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink their wine; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
And I will bring back the captivity of my people of Yisra᾽el, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink their wine; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
וּנְטַעְתִּים עַל־אַדְמָתָם וְלֹא יִנָּתְשׁוּ עוֹד מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם אָמַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, says the Lord thy God.
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, says the Lord thy God.
נצב על המזבח. מסתלק מכרובא למדבחא דרך יציאת חוץ על מזבח הזהב שהוא בהיכל והוא מעשר מסעות שנסעה שכינה:
standing beside the altar—Going away from the cherub to the altar on its way out, on the golden altar which is in the Temple, and this is one of the ten travels made by the Shechinah. [from Jonathan]