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6:1

בֵּאדַיִן דָּרְיָוֶשׁ מַלְכָּא שָׂם טְעֵם וּבַקַּרוּ ׀ בְּבֵית סִפְרַיָּא דִּי גִנְזַיָּא מְהַחֲתִין תַּמָּה בְּבָבֶֽל׃

Then [(when the letter reached Darius)], King Darius gave the order and they searched out the library in which the treasures are reposited in Bavel.

Then [(when the letter reached Darius)], King Darius gave the order and they searched out the library in which the treasures are reposited in Bavel.

Rashi

באדין. אז כאשר הגיע המכתב ליד דריוש:

Then then when the letter reached Darius’s hand.

שם טעם. צוה המלך הדבר:

gave an order The king ordered the matter.

ובקרו. ובדקו בבית הספרים שהאוצרות מונחים שם בבבל:

and they searched They searched in the library where the archives were stored in Babylon.

6:2

וְהִשְׁתְּכַח בְּאַחְמְתָא בְּבִירְתָא דִּי בְּמָדַי מְדִינְתָּא מְגִלָּה חֲדָה וְכֵן־כְּתִיב בְּגַוַּהּ דִּכְרוֹנָֽהֿ׃ {פ}

And a scroll was found in a pouch in the palace of the province of Madai, in which the following was recorded:

And a scroll was found in a pouch in the palace of the province of Madai, in which the following was recorded:

Rashi

והשתכח באחמתא. ונמצא מכתב של מגילה אחת שם באחמתא כן פתרו אנשי הפתרון שהוא כלי העשוי לאגרות ולגליונים ולספרים והעמידוהו מגזרת חמת מים והאל"ף אשר בתיבה אינה עיקר כיתר המלין אשר בשאר ל' ארמית:

And there was found in a pouch And a text of one scroll was found there in an אַחְמְתָא. So did the interpreters interpret, that it is a receptacle made for letters, written sheets and books, and they established it from the root of (Gen. 21:14): “a skin of water (וְחֵמַת מַיִם),” and the “aleph” in the word is not a radical, like the rest of the Aramaic language.

בבירתא. באותה בירה אשר במדי המדינה:

in the citadel in that citadel that was in the province of Media.

וכן כתיב. וכן היה כתוב בתוכה זכרון שלה:

and so was written and so was written therein its memorandum.

Texts

  • Hebrew: Miqra according to the Masorah · License: CC-BY-SA
  • English: The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein · License: CC-BY
  • Hebrew: On Your Way · License: PD
  • English: The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg · License: CC-BY

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