Tanach
Ezra 3 עזרא ג׳
Part of: Petuchah, Ezra 3:8Setumah, Ezra 3:1Setumah, Ezra 3:1Setumah, Ezra 3:2Setumah, Ezra 3:9
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וַיִּגַּע הַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בֶּעָרִים {ס} וַיֵּאָסְפוּ הָעָם כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ {ס}
And the seventh month [(Tishrei)] arrived, with the children of Israel in [their] cities, and the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.
And the seventh month [(Tishrei)] arrived, with the children of Israel in [their] cities, and the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem.
Rashi
החדש השביעי. הוא חדש תשרי ובני ישראל אשר היו בערים מה עשו ויאספו כולם כאחד לירושלים:
The seventh month That is the month of Tishri, and the Children of Israel who were in the cities, what did they do? They all gathered as one to Jerusalem.
וַיָּקׇם יֵשׁוּעַ בֶּן־יֽוֹצָדָק וְאֶחָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים וּזְרֻבָּבֶל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל וְאֶחָיו וַיִּבְנוּ אֶת־מִזְבַּח אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהַעֲלוֹת עָלָיו עֹלוֹת כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרַת מֹשֶׁה אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
And Yeshua and his brother priests arose, and Zerubavel the son of She'altiel and his brothers, and they built the altar of the G-d of Israel to sacrifice burnt-offerings thereon, as prescribed in the Torah of Moses, the man of G-d.
And Yeshua and his brother priests arose, and Zerubavel the son of She'altiel and his brothers, and they built the altar of the G-d of Israel to sacrifice burnt-offerings thereon, as prescribed in the Torah of Moses, the man of G-d.
וַיָּכִינוּ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ עַל־מְכוֹנֹתָיו כִּי בְּאֵימָה עֲלֵיהֶם מֵעַמֵּי הָאֲרָצוֹת (ויעל) [וַיַּעֲלוּ] עָלָיו עֹלוֹת לַֽיהֹוָה עֹלוֹת לַבֹּקֶר וְלָעָֽרֶב׃
And they set the altar on its foundations [(to show that they had royal sanction)], for they were in fear of the peoples of the lands [(lest they libel them as rebels)]. And they sacrificed upon it burnt-offerings to the L-rd [(the continual burnt-offerings)] in the morning and in the evening.
And they set the altar on its foundations [(to show that they had royal sanction)], for they were in fear of the peoples of the lands [(lest they libel them as rebels)]. And they sacrificed upon it burnt-offerings to the L-rd [(the continual burnt-offerings)] in the morning and in the evening.
Rashi
ויכינו המזבח על מכונותיו. כדי להקריב עליו קרבנות שהרי היו יראים מעמי הארצות שלא יקנתרום ושלא ילשינום למלך ובנו המזבח לעלות עליו עולות למען ישמעו ויבינו העמים בדבר אשר עשהו ע"פ המלך ועל כן ימנעו מלקנתרם לבניין הבית:
And they set the altar on its bases in order to offer up sacrifices upon it, because they were afraid of the peoples of the land, lest they taunt them and lest they slander them to the king. And they built the altar to offer up burnt offerings upon it, in order that the peoples hear and understand the matter, that they did it with the sanction of the king and therefore they would hesitate to taunt them about the building of the Temple.
לבקר ולערב. תמיד של שחר ותמיד של בין הערבים:
for the morning and for the evening the daily sacrifice of the morning and the daily sacrifice of twilight.
וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּ אֶת־חַג הַסֻּכּוֹת כַּכָּתוּב וְעֹלַת יוֹם בְּיוֹם בְּמִסְפָּר כְּמִשְׁפַּט דְּבַר־יוֹם בְּיוֹמֽוֹ׃
And they observed the festival of Succoth as prescribed, and (they offered) the sacrifice of the day in its day, in (its) number, as prescribed, the thing [i.e., the sacrifice] of the day in its day.
And they observed the festival of Succoth as prescribed, and (they offered) the sacrifice of the day in its day, in (its) number, as prescribed, the thing [i.e., the sacrifice] of the day in its day.
Rashi
ועולת יום ביום במספר. קרבנות החג במספרם כמשפטם:
and the burnt offering of each day in its day, in the number the sacrifices of the Festivals in their number, according to their ordinance.
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן עֹלַת תָּמִיד וְלֶחֳדָשִׁים וּלְכׇל־מוֹעֲדֵי יְהֹוָה הַמְקֻדָּשִׁים וּלְכֹל מִתְנַדֵּב נְדָבָה לַיהֹוָֽה׃
And after that, (they offered) continual sacrifices [every day, morning and evening], and the offerings of the New Moon, and the sacrifices of all the (other) festivals, and (the sacrifices of) all those who would donate an offering to the L-rd.
And after that, (they offered) continual sacrifices [every day, morning and evening], and the offerings of the New Moon, and the sacrifices of all the (other) festivals, and (the sacrifices of) all those who would donate an offering to the L-rd.
Rashi
ואחרי כן. ולאחר הסוכות היו מקריבים קרבנות בכל יום לבקר ולערב:
And afterwards And after Succoth they would offer up sacrifices every day, for the morning and for the evening.
ולחדשים. ולראשי חדשים היו מקריבים קרבנות של ראשי חדשים:
and for the New Moon lit. and for the months. And at the beginning of the months they would offer up the sacrifices of the New Moon.
ולכל מועדי ה'. ולשאר מועדות קרבניהם:
and for all the appointed seasons of the Lord and for the rest of the appointed seasons of their sacrifices.
ולכל מתנדב. ולכל אותם המתנדבים נדבותיהם היו מקבלים הכהנים אותם להקריבם ומיום אחד בתשרי התחילו להקריב קרבנות ועדיין לא נבנה יסוד הבית:
and for everyone who willingly offered And for all those who willingly offered their free-will offerings, the priests would accept them to sacrifice them, and from the first day of Tishri they commenced to offer up sacrifices, but the foundation of the Temple was not yet built.
מִיּוֹם אֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הֵחֵלּוּ לְהַעֲלוֹת עֹלוֹת לַיהֹוָה וְהֵיכַל יְהֹוָה לֹא יֻסָּֽד׃
From the first day of the seventh month they began to sacrifice burnt-offerings to the L-rd, though the foundation of the sanctuary had not yet been laid.
From the first day of the seventh month they began to sacrifice burnt-offerings to the L-rd, though the foundation of the sanctuary had not yet been laid.
וַיִּתְּנוּ־כֶסֶף לַחֹצְבִים וְלֶחָרָשִׁים וּמַאֲכָל וּמִשְׁתֶּה וָשֶׁמֶן לַצִּֽדֹנִים וְלַצֹּרִים לְהָבִיא עֲצֵי אֲרָזִים מִן־הַלְּבָנוֹן אֶל־יָם יָפוֹא כְּרִשְׁיוֹן כּוֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרַס עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ {פ}
And they gave money to the hewers and to the craftsmen and food and drink and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar wood from the Levanon to the sea of Yaffo by the permit granted them by Koresh king of Paras.
And they gave money to the hewers and to the craftsmen and food and drink and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar wood from the Levanon to the sea of Yaffo by the permit granted them by Koresh king of Paras.
Rashi
לצידונים ולצורים. בני צור וצידון שהיו אומנים לבנות הבית:
to the Zidonians and to the Tyrians the people of Tyre and Zidon, who were the artisans who built the Temple.
אל ים יפוא. דרך הים היו מביאי' אותם:
to the sea of Jaffa By way of the sea they would bring them.
כרשיון. כאשר היה רשות המלך עליהם לבנות הבית, כרשיון לשון רשות מגזרת רשה שהרי מן אבה יאמר אביון ומן צבה יאמר צביון ומן חזה חזיון ומן רעה רעיון מן חבה חביון ומן רשה יאמר רשות כמו מן ענה ענות ומן שבה שבות ומן ראה ראות ומן זנה זנות נמצאו רשות ורשיון באין ויוצאין מגיזרה אחת לפי שער הדקדוק ולשון א' הם, ומנחם חברו ל' ארשת שפתינו ולא דקדק בגיזרתו ואעפ"כ שני פנים הללו קרובים זה לזה במשמעותם:
according to the sanction of Heb. כְּרִשְׁיוֹן as the sanction of the king was upon them to build the Temple. כְּרִשְׁיוֹן is an expression of permission (רְשּׁוּת) derived from רשּׁה ; since from אבה to want, he says [i.e., derives] אֶבְיוֹן, a needy person; and from צבה, to desire, צִבְיוֹן, desire; and from חזה to see, חִזָיוֹן, a vision; and from רעה, רַעְיוֹן, thought; from חבה, חֶבְיוֹן, hiding; and from רשּׁה, he says רְשּׁוּת, permission; like from, ענה, עֱנוּת, affliction; and from שּׁבה, שְּׁבוּת,captivity; and from ראה, רְאוּת, a sight; and from זנה, זְנוּת, harlotry. The result is that רְשּׁוּת and רִשְׁיוֹן are derived from the same root according to the gauge of grammar, and they are the same expression. Menahem, (p. 34) however, associated it with (Ps. 21:3): “and the speech of his lips (וַַַַַאֲרֶשֶּׁת),” but he was not exact with its root. Nevertheless, these two manners [of defining words] are close to each other in their meanings.
וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית לְבוֹאָם אֶל־בֵּית הָֽאֱלֹהִים לִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי הֵחֵלּוּ זְרֻבָּבֶל בֶּן־שְׁאַלְתִּיאֵל וְיֵשׁוּעַ בֶּן־יֽוֹצָדָק וּשְׁאָר אֲחֵיהֶם ׀ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וְכׇל־הַבָּאִים מֵהַשְּׁבִי יְרֽוּשָׁלַ͏ִם וַיַּעֲמִידוּ אֶת־הַלְוִיִּם מִבֶּן עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה לְנַצֵּחַ עַל־מְלֶאכֶת בֵּית־יְהֹוָֽה׃
And in the second year of their coming to the house of G-d, to Jerusalem, in the second month [(Iyyar)], they began [(the building of the Temple)] — Zerubavel the son of She'altiel and Yeshua the son of Tzaddok and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem. And they set up the Levites, from twenty years and older, to officiate [(in song)] at the building of the house of the L-rd.
And in the second year of their coming to the house of G-d, to Jerusalem, in the second month [(Iyyar)], they began [(the building of the Temple)] — Zerubavel the son of She'altiel and Yeshua the son of Tzaddok and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem. And they set up the Levites, from twenty years and older, to officiate [(in song)] at the building of the house of the L-rd.
Rashi
בחדש השני. הוא חדש אייר:
in the second month That is the month of Iyar.
מהשבי. כל אותן שבאו מהשביה לירושלים:
from the captivity all those who came from the captivity to Jerusalem.
ויעמידו. העמידו הלוים המשוררים לנצח ולומר שירה לפני הבונים בשעת בניין יסוד הבית:
and they stationed They stationed the Levite singers to harmonize and to recite a song before the builders at the time of the building of the foundation of the Temple.
לנצח. שני נצוחות הללו הם ניצוחי שירה כמו למנצח (בנגינות) מזמור לדוד (תהילים ד׳:א׳):
to conduct Heb. לְנַצֵחַ. These two expressions of נִצוּחַ are harmonies of song, like (Ps. 4:1): “To the conductor (לַּמְנַצֵחַ), a song of David.”
וַיַּעֲמֹד יֵשׁוּעַ בָּנָיו וְאֶחָיו קַדְמִיאֵל וּבָנָיו בְּנֵֽי־יְהוּדָה כְּאֶחָד לְנַצֵּחַ עַל־עֹשֵׂה הַמְּלָאכָה בְּבֵית הָאֱלֹהִים {ס} בְּנֵי חֵֽנָדָד בְּנֵיהֶם וַאֲחֵיהֶם הַלְוִיִּֽם׃
And Yeshua, his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, (of) the sons of Judah, stood as one to officiate [(in song)] around the doers of the work in the house of G-d, (together with) the sons of Chenadad, (and) their sons and their brothers, the Levites.
And Yeshua, his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, (of) the sons of Judah, stood as one to officiate [(in song)] around the doers of the work in the house of G-d, (together with) the sons of Chenadad, (and) their sons and their brothers, the Levites.
Rashi
ויעמוד ישוע. עמדו ואמרו שירה ביחד סביב עושי מלאכ' יסוד הבית:
And Jeshua...stood They stood and recited the song together around the ones who did the work of the foundation of the Temple.
וְיִסְּדוּ הַבֹּנִים אֶת־הֵיכַל יְהֹוָה וַיַּעֲמִידוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים מְלֻבָּשִׁים בַּחֲצֹֽצְרוֹת וְהַלְוִיִּם בְּנֵֽי־אָסָף בַּֽמְצִלְתַּיִם לְהַלֵּל אֶת־יְהֹוָה עַל־יְדֵי דָּוִיד מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And [(while they officiated in song)], the builders laid the foundation of the sanctuary of the L-rd. And they set up the priests, attired [in vestments of honor], with trumpets [(to blow, in their hands)], and the Levites, the sons of Asaf, with cymbals, to praise the L-rd through [the psalms of] David, king of Israel.
And [(while they officiated in song)], the builders laid the foundation of the sanctuary of the L-rd. And they set up the priests, attired [in vestments of honor], with trumpets [(to blow, in their hands)], and the Levites, the sons of Asaf, with cymbals, to praise the L-rd through [the psalms of] David, king of Israel.
Rashi
ויסדו. משקל חזק מן יסוד כמו ויסדו טירותיהם כן וישבו מן ישב ויסדו מן יסד, ומשמעותן ויסדו וישבו, במשקל חזק בשתי יודי"ן אחת פעולה וא' של יסוד ופתרונן היו מייסדים מיישבים:
And...laid the foundation וְיִסְדוּ This is the strong conjugation of יְסוֹד, like (Ezek. 25:4): “and they will settle (וְיִשְּׁבוּ) their palaces.” Just as וְיִשְּׁבוּ is derived from ישּׁב so is וְיִסְדוּ derived from יסד, and their meaning is, וְיִסְדוּ וְיִשְּׁבוּ in the intensive conjugation with two “yud”s, one for the [continuous] action and one for the radical, and their meaning is that they were laying the foundation, they were settling.
ויסדו הבונים. והבונים מייסדים את יסוד היכל ה', בשעה שהיו מנצחים בשירתם והעמידו הכהנים מלובשים בגדי כבוד וחצוצרו' בידיהם לתקוע בהם:
And the builders laid the foundation And the builders were laying the foundation [see above] of the Temple of the Lord at the time [that] they were harmonizing in their song, and they stationed the priests attired with elegant garments with trumpets in their hands to sound them.
והלוים בני אסף. היו משוררים:
and the Levites the sons of Asaph were the singers.
במצלתים. כמו (תלים קנ) צלצלי שמע כלי שיר הם:
with cymbals Heb. בַּמְצִלְתַּיִם, like (Ps. 150:9): “with loud sounding cymbals (בְּצִלְצְלֵי שָּׁמַע).” They are musical instruments.
על ידי דוד. שהיו מנצחים ומשוררים שירות והודיות של דוד מלך ישראל:
through David for they were harmonizing and singing songs of David, the king of Israel.
וַֽיַּעֲנוּ בְּהַלֵּל וּבְהוֹדֹת לַֽיהֹוָה כִּי טוֹב כִּֽי־לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכׇל־הָעָם הֵרִיעוּ תְרוּעָה גְדוֹלָה בְהַלֵּל לַֽיהֹוָה עַל הוּסַד בֵּית־יְהֹוָֽה׃
And they responded [in song] with praise and thanksgiving to the L-rd: "For it is good [to give thanks to the L-rd], for His lovingkindness endures forever" over Israel. And all the [rest of] the people shouted a great shout in praise to the L-rd over the [laying of the] foundation of the house of the L-rd.
And they responded [in song] with praise and thanksgiving to the L-rd: "For it is good [to give thanks to the L-rd], for His lovingkindness endures forever" over Israel. And all the [rest of] the people shouted a great shout in praise to the L-rd over the [laying of the] foundation of the house of the L-rd.
Rashi
ויענו. לשון עניית זמר כמו ותען להם מרים (שמות טו):
And they sang aloud Heb. וַיַעֲנוּ, an expression of raising the voice in song, like (Exod. 15: 21): “And Miriam raised her voice in song to them.”
ובהודות. ובהודיו':
and with thanks and with thanksgivings.
כי טוב. להודות לה':
for it is good to give thanks to the Lord.
וכל העם. שאר עם ישראל:
and the entire people the rest of the people of Israel.
על הוסד. כל השמחות הללו היו עושים על בנין היסוד אשר הוסד בבית ה':
because...was laid They acted with all these rejoicings because of the building of the foundation, which was laid in the House of the Lord.
וְרַבִּים מֵהַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם וְרָאשֵׁי הָאָבוֹת הַזְּקֵנִים אֲשֶׁר רָאוּ אֶת־הַבַּיִת הָֽרִאשׁוֹן בְּיׇסְדוֹ זֶה הַבַּיִת בְּעֵינֵיהֶם בֹּכִים בְּקוֹל גָּדוֹל וְרַבִּים בִּתְרוּעָה בְשִׂמְחָה לְהָרִים קֽוֹל׃
And many of the priests and the Levites and the heads of the fathers' [houses], the elders, who had seen the first Temple [in its glory] — when this Temple was founded before their eyes, wept with a great outcry. And many, [(who had not seen the first Temple,)] shouted for joy, to raise a cry [of joy at their deliverance from exile].
And many of the priests and the Levites and the heads of the fathers' [houses], the elders, who had seen the first Temple [in its glory] — when this Temple was founded before their eyes, wept with a great outcry. And many, [(who had not seen the first Temple,)] shouted for joy, to raise a cry [of joy at their deliverance from exile].
Rashi
ביסדו. ביסוד שלו מן שם דבר של יוסד ומן יסד יאמר ביסדו, כמו מן חדש בחדשו מן קדש בקדשו:
when its foundation was laid Heb. בְּיָסְדוֹ, with its foundation. With the noun of יוֹסֶד and from יסד, he says בְּיָסְדוֹ, like from חדֶשּׁ, בְּחָדְשּׁוֹ, and from קדֶשּׁ, בְּקָדְשּׁוֹ.
זה הבית. כשהיו רואין בניין בית זה היו בוכין מתוך שהיו זוכרים אותו בניין גדול של בית ראשון:
this Temple When they would see the building of this Temple, they would weep because they remembered the large building of the First Temple.
ורבים. אשר לא ראו בניין בית ראשון היו שמחין ומריעין בשמחה בקול גדול מרוב שמחתן שיצאו מגלותן:
and many who had not seen the building of the First Temple, were rejoicing and shouting for joy with a loud voice, out of their great joy that they had emerged from their exile.
וְאֵין הָעָם מַכִּירִים קוֹל תְּרוּעַת הַשִּׂמְחָה לְקוֹל בְּכִי הָעָם כִּי הָעָם מְרִיעִים תְּרוּעָה גְדוֹלָה וְהַקּוֹל נִשְׁמַע עַד־לְמֵרָחֽוֹק׃ {פ}
And the people [(at a distance)] could not recognize the sound of the shout of joy [(as being one of joy)] in the face of the sound of the weeping of the people. For the people [who rejoiced] shouted a [sudden] great shout; but the sound [of the people who wept] was heard [(ever rising)] for a [great] distance.
And the people [(at a distance)] could not recognize the sound of the shout of joy [(as being one of joy)] in the face of the sound of the weeping of the people. For the people [who rejoiced] shouted a [sudden] great shout; but the sound [of the people who wept] was heard [(ever rising)] for a [great] distance.
Rashi
ואין העם מכירים. אותן השומעים לא היו מכירים קול תרועה של שמחה מפני קול בכי העם שהרי העם השמחים היו מריעים תרועה גדולה וקול הבכי נשמע יותר ויותר עד למרחוק:
And the people did not recognize Those listeners did not recognize the voice of the shout of joy, because of the voice of the people’s weeping, for the rejoicing people were shouting with a great shout, and the voice of weeping was heard farther and farther away.
ויגע. כמו והגיע:
arrived Heb. וַיִגַע like וְהִגִיעַ, it reached.