Tanach
Nechemyah 13:23-30 נחמיה י״ג:כ״ג-ל׳
Part of: Chapter 13Petuchah, Nehemiah 13:30
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גַּם ׀ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם רָאִיתִי אֶת־הַיְּהוּדִים הֹשִׁיבוּ נָשִׁים (אשדודיות) [אַשְׁדֳּדִיּוֹת] (עמוניות) [עַמֳּנִיּוֹת] מוֹאֲבִיּֽוֹת׃
Also, in those days, I saw the Jews taking as wives women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moav.
Also, in those days, I saw the Jews taking as wives women of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moav.
Rashi
וּבְנֵיהֶם חֲצִי מְדַבֵּר אַשְׁדּוֹדִית וְאֵינָם מַכִּירִים לְדַבֵּר יְהוּדִית וְכִלְשׁוֹן עַם וָעָֽם׃
And, of their children, half [i.e., many] spoke Ashdodian and could not speak the language of Judah, as the language of (all) people.
And, of their children, half [i.e., many] spoke Ashdodian and could not speak the language of Judah, as the language of (all) people.
Rashi
חצי מדבר. הרבה מבניהם היו מדברים לשון אשדודי' כאמותם:
And half...were speaking Many of their children spoke the Ashdodite language like their mothers.
וָאָרִיב עִמָּם וָאֲקַֽלְלֵם וָאַכֶּה מֵהֶם אֲנָשִׁים וָֽאֶמְרְטֵם וָאַשְׁבִּיעֵם בֵּֽאלֹהִים אִם־תִּתְּנוּ בְנֹֽתֵיכֶם לִבְנֵיהֶם וְאִם־תִּשְׂאוּ מִבְּנֹתֵיהֶם לִבְנֵיכֶם וְלָכֶֽם׃
And I fought with them and I cursed them and I flogged some of the men and tore out their hair, and I beswore them: If you give your daughters to their sons and if you take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves …
And I fought with them and I cursed them and I flogged some of the men and tore out their hair, and I beswore them: If you give your daughters to their sons and if you take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves …
Rashi
ואכה. נתתי להם מלקיות להלקותם כדי להוכיחם ולהזכירם:
and I struck I gave them lashes in order to chastise them and remind them.
הֲלוֹא עַל־אֵלֶּה חָטָֽא־שְׁלֹמֹה מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבַגּוֹיִם הָרַבִּים לֹֽא־הָיָה מֶלֶךְ כָּמֹהוּ וְאָהוּב לֵֽאלֹהָיו הָיָה וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ אֱלֹהִים מֶלֶךְ עַל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל גַּם־אוֹתוֹ הֶחֱטִיאוּ הַנָּשִׁים הַנׇּכְרִיּֽוֹת׃
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin over these [women]? And in (all of) the many nations there was no king such as he. And he was beloved of his G-d. And G-d had made him king over all of Israel — he, too, was caused to sin by foreign wives!
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin over these [women]? And in (all of) the many nations there was no king such as he. And he was beloved of his G-d. And G-d had made him king over all of Israel — he, too, was caused to sin by foreign wives!
Rashi
גם אותו החטיאו. כל שכן שתהיו חוטאים ע"י נשיכם של עכו"ם וזהו שנאמר בסמוך ולכם הנשמע וגו' בתמיה כלומר שלמה מלך ישראל נמצא חטא על ידי נשי' של עכו"ם ואתם נשאתם נשים של עכו"ם להיות חוטאין:
caused him even to sin If he sinned, how much more so is it certain that you will sin through your heathen wives! As is written in the next verse, “Shall we hearken, etc.?” i.e., Solomon was found sinning through his heathen wives, and you have married foreign wives in order to sin?
וְלָכֶם הֲנִשְׁמַע לַעֲשֹׂת אֵת כׇּל־הָרָעָה הַגְּדוֹלָה הַזֹּאת לִמְעֹל בֵּֽאלֹהֵינוּ לְהֹשִׁיב נָשִׁים נׇכְרִיּֽוֹת׃
[And you would take such wives] unto yourselves! Is [such a thing] heard of? To do all of this great evil? To be faithless to our G-d by wedding foreign wives!
[And you would take such wives] unto yourselves! Is [such a thing] heard of? To do all of this great evil? To be faithless to our G-d by wedding foreign wives!
וּמִבְּנֵי יוֹיָדָע בֶּן־אֶלְיָשִׁיב הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדוֹל חָתָן לְסַנְבַלַּט הַחֹרֹנִי וָאַבְרִיחֵהוּ מֵעָלָֽי׃
And one of the sons of Yoyada the son of Elyashiv, the high-priest, was a son-in-law to Sanvalat the Choronite [(the oppressor of the Jews [viz. 2:10])], and I drove him away from my presence [(so that he not act as a spy for his father-in-law against Jerusalem)].
And one of the sons of Yoyada the son of Elyashiv, the high-priest, was a son-in-law to Sanvalat the Choronite [(the oppressor of the Jews [viz. 2:10])], and I drove him away from my presence [(so that he not act as a spy for his father-in-law against Jerusalem)].
Rashi
ומבני יוידע. חתן לסנבלט אחד מבני יוידע חתן לסנבלט צורר היהודים והברחתיהו מעלי למען לא יהיה רגיל בירושלים בשביל חתנו לראות את העיר ואת מוצאיה ואת מובאיה:
And [one] of the sons of Joiada...was the son in law of Sanballat One of the sons of Joiada was the son-in-law of Sanballat, the adversary of the Jews; thus, I drove him away from me so that he should not frequent Jerusalem because of his son-in-law, to see the city and the ways to enter and leave it.
זׇכְרָה לָהֶם אֱלֹהָי עַל גׇּאֳלֵי הַכְּהֻנָּה וּבְרִית הַכְּהֻנָּה וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃
Remember unto them [(Israel) the good that they did)] in rejecting [(the unqualified from)] the priesthood and (from) the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites [viz. 7:64].
Remember unto them [(Israel) the good that they did)] in rejecting [(the unqualified from)] the priesthood and (from) the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites [viz. 7:64].
Rashi
זכרה להם. הטובה אשר עשו:
Remember them the good that they did.
וְטִֽהַרְתִּים מִכׇּל־נֵכָר {פ}
וָאַעֲמִידָה מִשְׁמָרוֹת לַכֹּהֲנִים וְלַלְוִיִּם אִישׁ בִּמְלַאכְתּֽוֹ׃
And I cleansed them from all foreign [elements] and I set up watches for the priests and the Levites, each in his function.
And I cleansed them from all foreign [elements] and I set up watches for the priests and the Levites, each in his function.
הושיבו נשים. אשר נשאו להם נשים של עכו"ם:
who had married who had married heathen wives.