Tanach
Melachim II 20:4-11 מלכים ב כ׳:ד׳-י״א
Part of: Chapter 20
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וַיְהִי יְשַֽׁעְיָהוּ לֹא יָצָא (העיר) [חָצֵר] הַתִּיכֹנָה וּדְבַר־יְהֹוָה הָיָה אֵלָיו לֵאמֹֽר׃
And it came to pass, before Yesha῾yahu was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
And it came to pass, before Yesha῾yahu was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,
Rashi
שׁוּב וְאָמַרְתָּ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּהוּ נְגִיד־עַמִּי כֹּֽה־אָמַר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי דָּוִד אָבִיךָ שָׁמַעְתִּי אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶךָ רָאִיתִי אֶת־דִּמְעָתֶךָ הִנְנִי רֹפֶא לָךְ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי תַּעֲלֶה בֵּית יְהֹוָֽה׃
Turn back and tell Ḥizqiyyahu the prince of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up to the house of the Lord.
Turn back and tell Ḥizqiyyahu the prince of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up to the house of the Lord.
וְהֹסַפְתִּי עַל־יָמֶיךָ חֲמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּמִכַּף מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר אַצִּילְךָ וְאֵת הָעִיר הַזֹּאת וְגַנּוֹתִי עַל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לְמַֽעֲנִי וּלְמַעַן דָּוִד עַבְדִּֽי׃
And I will add to thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Ashshur; and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
And I will add to thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Ashshur; and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.
Rashi
ומכף מלך אשור אצילך. למדנו שלפני מפלתו של סנחריב חלה:
And I will save you from the hand of the king of Ashur. We learn that he became ill before Sancheiriv's downfall.6See note 1 above.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְשַׁעְיָהוּ קְחוּ דְּבֶלֶת תְּאֵנִים וַיִּקְחוּ וַיָּשִׂימוּ עַֽל־הַשְּׁחִין וַיֶּֽחִי׃
And Yesha῾yahu said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the festering place, and he recovered.
And Yesha῾yahu said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the festering place, and he recovered.
Rashi
דבלת תאנים. כשהם לחין קרויין תאנים, וכשנדרסים בעיגול קרויין דבלה:
A cake of pressed figs. When they are fresh, they are called תאנים [=figs], and when they are pressed into a round cake, they are called דבלה.
וישימו על השחין ויחי. ונס בתוך נס, שהרי אף בשר חי כשאתה נותן עליו דבלה, נסרח, והקב"ה נותן דבר המחבל לתוך דבר שנתחבל, ומתרפא (מכילתא שמות טו):
And placed it on the boil, and it was healed. This was a miracle within a miracle, for even healthy flesh, when you place a cake of pressed figs upon it, decays, yet the Holy One, Blessed Is He, [instructs to] put something that is injurious upon something that is vulnerable, and it becomes healed.
וַיֹּאמֶר חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶֽל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ מָה אוֹת כִּֽי־יִרְפָּא יְהֹוָה לִי וְעָלִיתִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בֵּית יְהֹוָֽה׃
And Ḥizqiyyahu said to Yesha῾yahu, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord on the third day?
And Ḥizqiyyahu said to Yesha῾yahu, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord on the third day?
וַיֹּאמֶר יְשַׁעְיָהוּ זֶה־לְּךָ הָאוֹת מֵאֵת יְהֹוָה כִּי יַעֲשֶׂה יְהֹוָה אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבֵּר הָלַךְ הַצֵּל עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלוֹת אִם־יָשׁוּב עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃
And Yesha῾yahu said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees: or shall it go backward ten degrees?
And Yesha῾yahu said, This sign shalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees: or shall it go backward ten degrees?
Rashi
הלך הצל עשר מעלות אם ישוב עשר מעלות. הרי זה מקרא קצר, כבר ירד הצל למעלות העשויות לשעות היום, כמו אורלויי"ן בלע"ז, שעושין האנשים לבחון שעות היום, חפץ אתה שימתין במקום שהוא שם כדי מהלך עשר שעות, או ישוב למעלה עשר מעלות, ויהא נראה כאילו הוא שחרית:
Should the shade advance ten steps or should it go back ten steps? This is an abbreviated verse. The shade had already advanced the steps that are made [to measure] the hours of the day, like, oriloje, in O. F., the clocks that people make to determine the hour of the day. [He asked,] “Do you wish it to stay in the place where it is, for as long as it takes it to walk in ten hours, or should it go back up ten steps so that it will appear as though it is morning?”7Alternatively, Yeshayohu asked, “Do you wish it to advance or to go back?—Radak
וַיֹּאמֶר יְחִזְקִיָּהוּ נָקֵל לַצֵּל לִנְטוֹת עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלוֹת לֹא כִי יָשׁוּב הַצֵּל אֲחֹרַנִּית עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃
And Ḥizqiyyahu answered, It is easier for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
And Ḥizqiyyahu answered, It is easier for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.
Rashi
ויאמר יחזקיהו נקל לצל לנטות עשר מעלות. דבר קל הוא לנטות במקומו, ונוטה ועומד עשר מעלות אינו דבר הניכר כל כך, לא כן אלא ישוב הצל, ויהיה הדבר תימה, שראו שפנה היום לערוב, וחוזר להיות בוקר:
And Chizkiyohu said, ”It is easier for the shade to advance ten steps.” It is easy [for the shade] to remain in its place, and stay for ten steps, it is not something that is so conspicuous. Not so, rather let the shade go back, and the event will be a wonder, for they saw that the day was turning toward evening, and it returns to become morning [again].
וַיִּקְרָא יְשַׁעְיָהוּ הַנָּבִיא אֶל־יְהֹוָה וַיָּשֶׁב אֶת־הַצֵּל בַּֽמַּעֲלוֹת אֲשֶׁר יָרְדָה בְּמַעֲלוֹת אָחָז אֲחֹרַנִּית עֶשֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃ {פ}
And Yesha῾yahu the prophet cried to the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Aĥaz.
And Yesha῾yahu the prophet cried to the Lord: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Aĥaz.
Rashi
אשר ירדה במעלות אחז. יום שמת אחז, נתקצר היום ומיהר הצל לירד עשר מעלות, כדי שלא יהא נספד, ואותן עשר שעות חזרו עכשיו לחזקיהו (סנהדרין צו א):
That it had gone down on the steps of Achaz. The day that Achaz died, the day was shortened,8Alternatively, it is called the steps of Achaz because he had built this sundial.—Radak and the shade hurried to advance ten steps, so that he would not be eulogized,9I.e., there would not be enough time to eulogize him. See Maseches Sanhedrin 96a and Rashi there. and those ten hours returned now for Chizkiyohu.10From the day it was created, God prepared the sun for this miracle. Concerning the creation of the sun and other heavenly bodies, in Bereishis 1:14 states, “they will be for signs,” i.e., God used them as signs for Yehoshua and Tzidkiyohu.—Chizkuni
לא יצא חצר וגו'. מיהר הקב"ה להודיע רפואתו, בטרם יצא קול הברה בעיר שנקנסה עליו מיתה, כדאיתא בירושלמי (סנהדרין י ב):
Had not gone out of the … courtyard, etc. The Holy One, Blessed Is He, hurried to notify him about his cure before the rumor would spread in the city that he has been sentenced to death, as stated in [Talmud] Yerushalmi.4Maseches Sanhedrin 10:2. 5The כתיב [=it is written] is העיר, the city. The Gemara in Maseches Eiruvin 26a explains that the inner court behind the king's palace was the size of an average city.—Radak