Tanach
Melachim II 13:20-21 מלכים ב י״ג:כ׳-כ״א
Part of: Chapter 13
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וַיָּמׇת אֱלִישָׁע וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ וּגְדוּדֵי מוֹאָב יָבֹאוּ בָאָרֶץ בָּא שָׁנָֽה׃
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of Mo᾽av invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of Mo᾽av invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
Rashi
בא שנה. במיעל שתא, בתשובת השנה, בעוד הארץ מליאה דשאים ויש מאכל לבהמתם, דרך חיילות לצאת:
At the beginning of each year. [Targum Yonoson renders,] “at the beginning of the year,”11I.e., בָּא שָׁנָה means “when the year [= שָׁנָה] enters [=בָּא].” However, שָׁנָה is feminine and בא is masculine. This difficulty can be resolved by substituting בָּא with בָּהּ, meaning “in that very year,” i.e., the year that Elisha died.—Radak. Or, בָּא שָׁנָה means, “when he [Elisha] had come [to his resting place] for a year.—Ralbag [i.e.,] at the return of the year, when the ground is still full of vegetation, and there is food for their animals, it is customary for troops to set out [for war].
וַיְהִי הֵם ׀ קֹבְרִים אִישׁ וְהִנֵּה רָאוּ אֶֽת־הַגְּדוּד וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ אֶת־הָאִישׁ בְּקֶבֶר אֱלִישָׁע וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיִּגַּע הָאִישׁ בְּעַצְמוֹת אֱלִישָׁע וַיְחִי וַיָּקׇם עַל־רַגְלָֽיו׃ {פ}
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a raiding party; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as the man came there, he touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a raiding party; and they cast the man into the tomb of Elisha: and as the man came there, he touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
יבאו בארץ. היו רגילין לבא ולשלול בארץ:
Would invade the land. It was common for them to come and plunder the land.10After Elisha’s death.—Radak For as long as he was alive no Aramean dared to invade as indicated in II Melochim 6:23.