Tanach
Melachim I 17:8-16 מלכים א י״ז:ח׳-ט״ז
Part of: Chapter 17
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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
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.
צרפתה. שם העיר:
To Tzorphas. [Tzorphas was] the name of the city.