Tanach
Nechemyah 6:5-7 נחמיה ו׳:ה׳-ז׳
Part of: Chapter 6
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וַיִּשְׁלַח אֵלַי סַנְבַלַּט כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה פַּעַם חֲמִישִׁית אֶֽת־נַעֲרוֹ וְאִגֶּרֶת פְּתוּחָה בְּיָדֽוֹ׃
And Sanvalat sent me in this wise a fifth time by his youth with an open [i.e., an unsealed] letter in his hand.
And Sanvalat sent me in this wise a fifth time by his youth with an open [i.e., an unsealed] letter in his hand.
Rashi
ואגרת פתוחה בידו. כתב אגרת שלח לי על ידו:
and an open letter was in his hand He sent me a written letter through him.
כָּתוּב בָּהּ בַּגּוֹיִם נִשְׁמָע וְגַשְׁמוּ אֹמֵר אַתָּה וְהַיְּהוּדִים חֹשְׁבִים לִמְרוֹד עַל־כֵּן אַתָּה בוֹנֶה הַחוֹמָה וְאַתָּה הֹוֶה לָהֶם לְמֶלֶךְ כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
In it, such words were written: It has been heard [(by all the gentiles)] and Gashmu [the Arab also] says: You and the Jews are plotting to rebel, wherefore you are building the wall, and you would be their king.
In it, such words were written: It has been heard [(by all the gentiles)] and Gashmu [the Arab also] says: You and the Jews are plotting to rebel, wherefore you are building the wall, and you would be their king.
Rashi
כתוב בה. באותה אגרת:
It was written in it in that letter.
בגוים נשמע. שנודע לכל העכו"ם שאתה וכל היהודים חושבים למרוד:
It is heard among the nations that it is known to all the nations that you and all the Jews are plotting to rebel.
וגשמו אומר. גשמו הוא גשם הערבי ופתרונו כאדם שאומר לחבירו כך הוא הדבר ופלוני אומר:
and Gashmu says Gashmu is Geshem the Arab, and its interpretation is like a man who says to his friend, “This is the matter, and so-and-so says.”
כדברים האלה. מוסב על כתוב בה ומקרא מסורס הוא והרי הוא כאילו נאמר כתוב בה כדברים האלה בגוים נשמע וגו':
according to these words This refers back to the text, and it is a transposed verse. It is as though it was written, “According to these words was heard among the nations, etc.”
וְגַם־נְבִיאִים הֶעֱמַדְתָּ לִקְרֹא עָלֶיךָ בִֽירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם לֵאמֹר מֶלֶךְ בִּֽיהוּדָה וְעַתָּה יִשָּׁמַע לַמֶּלֶךְ כַּדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה וְעַתָּה לְכָה וְנִֽוָּעֲצָה יַחְדָּֽו׃ {פ}
And you have also set up speakers to proclaim over you in Jerusalem: "There is a king in Judah!" And now, these things will be heard by the king. And now, come, and we will take counsel together.
And you have also set up speakers to proclaim over you in Jerusalem: "There is a king in Judah!" And now, these things will be heard by the king. And now, come, and we will take counsel together.
Rashi
וגם נביאים וגו'. עד ונועצה יחדיו היה כתוב באגרת:
...also...speakers Until “...and take counsel together” was written in the letter.
נביאים. בעלי לשון כמו בורא ניב שפתים (ישעיה ט'):
speakers Heb. נְבִיאִים, speakers, like (Isa. 57:19): “I created the speech (נִיב) of the lips.”
לאמר. שאומרים יש מלך ביהודה:
saying who say that there is a king in Judea.
ועתה ישמע למלך. אחרי שנקראת מלך ישמע למלך כדברים האלה:
and now it will be reported to the king After you have been called king, it will be reported to the king according to these words.
את נערו. ע"י נערו:
with his servant through his servant.