Tanach
Melachim I 17 מלכים א י״ז
Part of: Petuchah, I Kings 17:17Setumah, I Kings 17:1Setumah, I Kings 17:2Setumah, I Kings 17:8
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וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּי מִתֹּשָׁבֵי גִלְעָד אֶל־אַחְאָב חַי־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר עָמַדְתִּי לְפָנָיו אִם־יִֽהְיֶה הַשָּׁנִים הָאֵלֶּה טַל וּמָטָר כִּי אִם־לְפִי דְבָרִֽי׃ {ס}
Eliyahu haTisbli of the inhabitants of Gilad said to Achov, “As Adonoy, God of Yisroel lives, before whom I serve, there will be no dew or rain these years except by my word.”
Eliyahu haTisbli of the inhabitants of Gilad said to Achov, “As Adonoy, God of Yisroel lives, before whom I serve, there will be no dew or rain these years except by my word.”
Rashi
חי ה'. למה סמכו כאן, אלא שהלכו אליהו ואחאב לנחם את חיאל באבלו, אמר אחאב לאליהו: אפשר שקללת התלמיד נתקיימה, וקללת משה רבינו לא נתקיימה, שנאמר (דברים יא יז): וסרתם ועבדתם אלהים אחרים והשתחויתם להם, וחרה אף ה' בכם ועצר את השמים, והרי כל ישראל עובדין עבודה זרה, ואין גשמים נעצרים, מיד ויאמר אליהו וגו' (ירושלמי סנהדרין י ב):
As Adonoy lives. Why was this placed here? For Eliyahu and Achov went to console Chieil in his mourning. Achov said to Eliyahu, “Is it possible that the student’s curse was fulfilled while Moshe our teacher’s curse was not fulfilled, as it is stated, “And you turn away and serve other gods, and bow down to them, Adonoy’s wrath will be aroused against you, and He will restrain the skies [and there will be no rain].”1Devarim 11:17,18. Now, all Yisroel are worshiping idols, yet, the rains are not being withheld. Immediately, Eliyahu said, etc.2Maseches Sanhedrin 113a. 3Eliyahu intended that by withholding the rain and dew, some or all of the people would repent from their idol worship.—Radak
וַיְהִי דְבַר־יְהֹוָה אֵלָיו לֵאמֹֽר׃
There was a word of Adonoy to him, saying,
There was a word of Adonoy to him, saying,
לֵךְ מִזֶּה וּפָנִיתָ לְּךָ קֵדְמָה וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ בְּנַחַל כְּרִית אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
“Go from here and turn eastward, and hide in the valley of Kris, which faces the Yardein.
“Go from here and turn eastward, and hide in the valley of Kris, which faces the Yardein.
Rashi
ונסתרת. מפני אחאב ואיזבל:
And hide. From Achov and Ezevel.4No one should know where you are.—Radak
וְהָיָה מֵהַנַּחַל תִּשְׁתֶּה וְאֶת־הָעֹרְבִים צִוִּיתִי לְכַלְכֶּלְךָ שָֽׁם׃
From the brook you will drink, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
From the brook you will drink, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”
וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיַּעַשׂ כִּדְבַר יְהֹוָה וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּנַחַל כְּרִית אֲשֶׁר עַל־פְּנֵי הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃
He went and did according to the word of Adonoy. He went and dwelled in the valley of Kris which faces the Yardein.
He went and did according to the word of Adonoy. He went and dwelled in the valley of Kris which faces the Yardein.
וְהָעֹרְבִים מְבִאִים לוֹ לֶחֶם וּבָשָׂר בַּבֹּקֶר וְלֶחֶם וּבָשָׂר בָּעָרֶב וּמִן־הַנַּחַל יִשְׁתֶּֽה׃
And the ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and bread and meat each evening, and he drank [water] from the brook.
And the ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and bread and meat each evening, and he drank [water] from the brook.
וַיְהִי מִקֵּץ יָמִים וַיִּיבַשׁ הַנָּחַל כִּי לֹא־הָיָה גֶשֶׁם בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ {ס}
After a number of days the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
After a number of days the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
Rashi
ויבש הנחל. כדי שידע צורך הגשמים ויטריח לגלות, שהיה קשה בעיני הקב"ה שישראל שרויין מתים ברעב:
The brook dried up. In order that he realize the need for rain and trouble himself to go into exile, for it was displeasing to the Holy One Blessed Is He, that Yisroel should be living in hunger.5See Maseches Sanhedrin 113a and Rashi there.
וַיְהִי דְבַר־יְהֹוָה אֵלָיו לֵאמֹֽר׃
There was a word of Adonoy to him, saying,
There was a word of Adonoy to him, saying,
קוּם לֵךְ צָֽרְפַתָה אֲשֶׁר לְצִידוֹן וְיָשַׁבְתָּ שָׁם הִנֵּה צִוִּיתִי שָׁם אִשָּׁה אַלְמָנָה לְכַלְכְּלֶֽךָ׃
“Get up, go to Tzorphas, which belongs to Tzidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widowed woman there to feed you.”
“Get up, go to Tzorphas, which belongs to Tzidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widowed woman there to feed you.”
Rashi
צרפתה. שם העיר:
To Tzorphas. [Tzorphas was] the name of the city.
צויתי שם. בפמליא שלי, שתכלכלך שם אשה אלמנה:
I have commanded there. In My retinue, that a widow will feed you there.
וַיָּקׇם ׀ וַיֵּלֶךְ צָֽרְפַתָה וַיָּבֹא אֶל־פֶּתַח הָעִיר וְהִנֵּה־שָׁם אִשָּׁה אַלְמָנָה מְקֹשֶׁשֶׁת עֵצִים וַיִּקְרָא אֵלֶיהָ וַיֹּאמַר קְחִי־נָא לִי מְעַט־מַיִם בַּכְּלִי וְאֶשְׁתֶּֽה׃
And he got up and went to Tzorphas. He came to the entrance of the city, and behold there was a widowed woman gathering wood. He called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a vessel and I will drink.”
And he got up and went to Tzorphas. He came to the entrance of the city, and behold there was a widowed woman gathering wood. He called to her and said, “Please bring me a little water in a vessel and I will drink.”
Rashi
קחי נא לי מעט מים. הוא לא היה מכיר באלמנה שאמר לו הקב"ה, ולמד מאליעזר עבד אברהם, ואמר: אותה שתתן לי מים לשתות, היא האלמנה:
Please bring me a little water. He was unable to identify the widow6According to the Midrash, this widow was the mother of Yonah the son of Amitai, the prophet.—Radak about whom the Holy One Blessed Is He, had told him. But he learned from Eliezer, the servant of Avrohom, and he said, “The one who gives me water to drink, she is the widow.”
וַתֵּלֶךְ לָקַחַת וַיִּקְרָא אֵלֶיהָ וַיֹּאמַר לִֽקְחִי־נָא לִי פַּת־לֶחֶם בְּיָדֵֽךְ׃
She went to bring it, and he called out to her and said, “Please bring me some bread in your hand.”
She went to bring it, and he called out to her and said, “Please bring me some bread in your hand.”
וַתֹּאמֶר חַי־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אִם־יֶשׁ־לִי מָעוֹג כִּי אִם־מְלֹא כַף־קֶמַח בַּכַּד וּמְעַט־שֶׁמֶן בַּצַּפָּחַת וְהִנְנִי מְקֹשֶׁשֶׁת שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים וּבָאתִי וַעֲשִׂיתִיהוּ לִי וְלִבְנִי וַאֲכַלְנֻהוּ וָמָֽתְנוּ׃
And she said, “As Adonoy, your God lives, I have no cake [at all], but [I have] a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a bottle. Behold, I am gathering two pieces of wood, and I will go and make it for myself and my son. we will eat it and [then] we will die.”
And she said, “As Adonoy, your God lives, I have no cake [at all], but [I have] a handful of flour in a jar, and a little oil in a bottle. Behold, I am gathering two pieces of wood, and I will go and make it for myself and my son. we will eat it and [then] we will die.”
Rashi
מעוג. כמו עוגה:
Cake. [מעוג means] the same as עוגה [=cake].
מלא כף. תרגם יונתן: מלי פיסת ידא:
A handful. [Targum] Yonoson rendered, “the palm of a handful.”
בצפחת. ביטויל"א בלע"ז, כמו שנאמר בשאול (שמואל א כו יב): צפחת המים אשר מראשותיו:
In a bottle. Bouteille, in O.F., as it is stated regarding Shaul, “the flask of water that was at [Shaul’s] head.”7I Shmuel 26:12.
ומתנו. משם ולהלן נמות ברעב:
We will die. From then on,8I.e., because after we eat it there is nothing else left for us to eat so ultimately we will die of hunger. we will die of hunger.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ אֵלִיָּהוּ אַל־תִּירְאִי בֹּאִי עֲשִׂי כִדְבָרֵךְ אַךְ עֲשִׂי־לִֽי־מִשָּׁם עֻגָה קְטַנָּה בָרִֽאשֹׁנָה וְהוֹצֵאת לִי וְלָךְ וְלִבְנֵךְ תַּעֲשִׂי בָּאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃
And Eliyahu said to her, “Do not fear, go and do as you said, but make for me from there a small cake, first, and bring it out to me, and for yourself and your son, make afterwards.
And Eliyahu said to her, “Do not fear, go and do as you said, but make for me from there a small cake, first, and bring it out to me, and for yourself and your son, make afterwards.
Rashi
עוגה קטנה בראשונה. מדרש אגדה יש בבראשית רבה (למה בראשונה) בותאמר לאה בגד:
A small cake first. There is a Midrash Aggdah in Bereishis Rabboh9The Midrash cited by Rashi is not found in our texts of Midrash Rabboh on this verse. (why he wanted it first) on [the verse], “And Leah said, ‘Unexpected success has come.’”10Bereishis 30:11.
כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּד הַקֶּמַח לֹא תִכְלָה וְצַפַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶן לֹא תֶחְסָר עַד יוֹם (תתן) [תֵּת־]יְהֹוָה גֶּשֶׁם עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָֽה׃
For so has said Adonoy, God of Yisroel, ‘the jar of flour will not be finished, and the bottle of oil will not be diminished, until the day that Adonoy gives rain upon the face of the land.’”
For so has said Adonoy, God of Yisroel, ‘the jar of flour will not be finished, and the bottle of oil will not be diminished, until the day that Adonoy gives rain upon the face of the land.’”
וַתֵּלֶךְ וַֽתַּעֲשֶׂה כִּדְבַר אֵלִיָּהוּ וַתֹּאכַל (הוא והיא) [הִֽיא־וָהוּא] וּבֵיתָהּ יָמִֽים׃
She went and did as Eliyohu said, and she and he and her household ate for days.
She went and did as Eliyohu said, and she and he and her household ate for days.
כַּד הַקֶּמַח לֹא כָלָתָה וְצַפַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶן לֹא חָסֵר כִּדְבַר יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר בְּיַד אֵֽלִיָּֽהוּ׃ {פ}
The jar of flour was never finished, and the bottle of oil was never diminished, as the word of Adonoy that He had spoken through Eliyahu.
The jar of flour was never finished, and the bottle of oil was never diminished, as the word of Adonoy that He had spoken through Eliyahu.
וַיְהִי אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה חָלָה בֶּן־הָאִשָּׁה בַּעֲלַת הַבָּיִת וַיְהִי חׇלְיוֹ חָזָק מְאֹד עַד אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נֽוֹתְרָה־בּוֹ נְשָׁמָֽה׃
After these things [happened] illness struck the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him.
After these things [happened] illness struck the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, and his sickness was very severe, until there was no breath left in him.
Rashi
חלה בן האשה. כדי שיצטרך למפתח של תחיית המתים, כדאיתא בשילהי אגדתא דחלק (סנהדרין קיג א):
Illness struck the son of the woman. So that he should need the Key of Resurrection of the Dead, as stated at the end of the Aggadah of [the chapter entitled] “Cheilek.”11Maseches Sanhedrin 113a.
וַתֹּאמֶר אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ מַה־לִּי וָלָךְ אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים בָּאתָ אֵלַי לְהַזְכִּיר אֶת־עֲוֺנִי וּלְהָמִית אֶת־בְּנִֽי׃
And she said to Eliyohu, “What have I [to do] with you, man of God. you came to me to cause my sins to be remembered, and to kill my son.”
And she said to Eliyohu, “What have I [to do] with you, man of God. you came to me to cause my sins to be remembered, and to kill my son.”
Rashi
להזכיר את עוני. עד שלא באת אלי, היו שוקלין מעשי ומעשה עירי, והייתי ראוי לנס, משבאת לכאן, לא נחשבתי לכלום, ואין צדקתי ניכרת (ספרים אחרים נזכרת), וכן בלוט הוא אומר (בראשית יט יט): ואנכי לא אוכל להמלט ההרה, אצל אברהם, שלא תהא זכותי נזכרת אצלו (בראשית רבה נ יא):
To cause my sins to be remembered. Before you came, they would weigh my deeds and the deeds of my city, and I was worthy of a miracle. But since you came here, I am not reckoned with as [being worthy of] anything and my righteousness is not noticeable.12Before you came I was no worse than my neighbors, but compared to you I am a sinner.—Ralbag 13Alternatively, she said that her sins were being remembered because she had not properly served Eliyahu, and that is why her son died.—Radak (Other texts: Remembered) And similarly, concerning Lot it states, “I cannot escape to the mountain,”14Bereishis 19:19. [i.e., referring] to Avrohom, for my merit will not be remembered next to his.15Bereishis Rabboh 50:11.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלֶיהָ תְּנִי־לִי אֶת־בְּנֵךְ וַיִּקָּחֵהוּ מֵחֵיקָהּ וַֽיַּעֲלֵהוּ אֶל־הָעֲלִיָּה אֲשֶׁר־הוּא יֹשֵׁב שָׁם וַיַּשְׁכִּבֵהוּ עַל־מִטָּתֽוֹ׃
And he said to her, “Give me your son.” He took him from her bosom and brought him up to the attic where he lived, and he laid him on his bed.
And he said to her, “Give me your son.” He took him from her bosom and brought him up to the attic where he lived, and he laid him on his bed.
וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־יְהֹוָה וַיֹּאמַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָי הֲגַם עַֽל־הָאַלְמָנָה אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִי מִתְגּוֹרֵר עִמָּהּ הֲרֵעוֹתָ לְהָמִית אֶת־בְּנָֽהּ׃
He cried out to Adonoy, and said, “Adonoy, my God, also on the widow with whom I am dwelling have you done evil to kill her son.”
He cried out to Adonoy, and said, “Adonoy, my God, also on the widow with whom I am dwelling have you done evil to kill her son.”
וַיִּתְמֹדֵד עַל־הַיֶּלֶד שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים וַיִּקְרָא אֶל־יְהֹוָה וַיֹּאמַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָי תָּשׇׁב נָא נֶפֶשׁ־הַיֶּלֶד הַזֶּה עַל־קִרְבּֽוֹ׃
He spread himself out on the boy three times, and cried out to Adonoy, and said, “Adonoy, my God, please restore the soul of this child within him.”
He spread himself out on the boy three times, and cried out to Adonoy, and said, “Adonoy, my God, please restore the soul of this child within him.”
Rashi
ויתמודד. מלשון מדה, נשתטח עליו:
He spread himself out. [ויתמודד is] an expression of מדה, [i.e.,] he spread himself upon him.16Eliyahu prostrated himself in the same manner as Elisha did, in the case of Shunamis’ son. He placed his eyes on the youth’s eyes, and his mouth on the youth’s mouth, in II Melochim 4:34.—Radak
וַיִּשְׁמַע יְהֹוָה בְּקוֹל אֵלִיָּהוּ וַתָּשׇׁב נֶפֶשׁ־הַיֶּלֶד עַל־קִרְבּוֹ וַיֶּֽחִי׃
And Adonoy listened to the voice of Eliyohu, and the soul of the child was restored within him and he lived.
And Adonoy listened to the voice of Eliyohu, and the soul of the child was restored within him and he lived.
וַיִּקַּח אֵלִיָּהוּ אֶת־הַיֶּלֶד וַיֹּרִדֵהוּ מִן־הָֽעֲלִיָּה הַבַּיְתָה וַֽיִּתְּנֵהוּ לְאִמּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ רְאִי חַי בְּנֵֽךְ׃
And Eliyahu took the child and brought him down from from the attic to the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliyahu said, “See, your son is alive.”
And Eliyahu took the child and brought him down from from the attic to the house, and gave him to his mother; and Eliyahu said, “See, your son is alive.”
וַתֹּאמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה אֶל־אֵלִיָּהוּ עַתָּה זֶה יָדַעְתִּי כִּי אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים אָתָּה וּדְבַר־יְהֹוָה בְּפִיךָ אֱמֶֽת׃ {פ}
And the woman said to Eliyahu “Now I know this, that you are indeed a man of God, and the word of Adonoy [that is] in your mouth, is true.
And the woman said to Eliyahu “Now I know this, that you are indeed a man of God, and the word of Adonoy [that is] in your mouth, is true.
ויאמר אליהו התשבי. מארץ (ספרים אחרים שם העיר) ששמה תושב:
Eliyahu haTishbi said. From a land (Other texts: The name of the city) named Toshav.