Tanach
Melachim II 4:42-44 מלכים ב ד׳:מ״ב-מ״ד
Part of: Chapter 4
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וְאִישׁ בָּא מִבַּעַל שָׁלִשָׁה וַיָּבֵא לְאִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים לֶחֶם בִּכּוּרִים עֶשְׂרִֽים־לֶחֶם שְׂעֹרִים וְכַרְמֶל בְּצִקְלֹנוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר תֵּן לָעָם וְיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃
And there came a man from Ba῾al-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.
And there came a man from Ba῾al-shalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in his sack. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat.
Rashi
לחם בכורים. בפסח, שהתבואה מבכרת:
Bread from the first crop. It was during Pesach, when the grain ripens.32Although the word בִּכּוּרִים usually refers to the new crop offering that was brought in the Beis Hamikdosh [see Shemos 34:26], here it merely means “bread from the first crop,” without reference to the new crop offering.
בצקלונו. בלבושיה:
In their shells. In its wrapper.33I.e., the grains were still in their husks. Alternatively, after grain is toasted and broken up, it is placed in a vessel known as צִקְלוֹן.—Ralbag
לעם. לתלמידים שהיה זן:
To the people. To the disciples [of the prophets] whom he sustained.
וַיֹּאמֶר מְשָׁרְתוֹ מָה אֶתֵּן זֶה לִפְנֵי מֵאָה אִישׁ וַיֹּאמֶר תֵּן לָעָם וְיֹאכֵלוּ כִּי כֹה אָמַר יְהֹוָה אָכֹל וְהוֹתֵֽר׃
And his attendant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus says the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave over.
And his attendant said, What, should I set this before a hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus says the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave over.
Rashi
מה אתן זה. כל לחם ולחם:
“How will I present this.” Each bread.
וַיִּתֵּן לִפְנֵיהֶם וַיֹּאכְלוּ וַיּוֹתִרוּ כִּדְבַר יְהֹוָֽה׃ {פ}
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left some of it over, according to the word of the Lord.
So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left some of it over, according to the word of the Lord.
מבעל שלישה. שם מדינה ויונתן תרגם: מארעא דרומא. 'בעל' לשון 'מישור', והרבה במקרא:
From Ba’al-Shalishah. The name of a province. But [Targum] Yonoson rendered, “from the land toward the south.” “בַּעַל” is an expression meaning “a plain.” There are many [such expressions] in Scripture.