Tanach
Shemot 10:12-20 שמות י׳:י״ב-כ׳
Part of: BoBo, Aliyah 2Chapter 10
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וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה נְטֵה יָדְךָ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם בָּֽאַרְבֶּה וְיַעַל עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְיֹאכַל אֶת־כׇּל־עֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ אֵת כׇּל־אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁאִיר הַבָּרָֽד׃
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts [to bring the locusts] and they will emerge upon the land of Egypt. They will eat all the vegetation in the land, that remained from [the destruction of] the hail.”
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts [to bring the locusts] and they will emerge upon the land of Egypt. They will eat all the vegetation in the land, that remained from [the destruction of] the hail.”
Rashi
וַיֵּט מֹשֶׁה אֶת־מַטֵּהוּ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַֽיהֹוָה נִהַג רֽוּחַ־קָדִים בָּאָרֶץ כׇּל־הַיּוֹם הַהוּא וְכׇל־הַלָּיְלָה הַבֹּקֶר הָיָה וְרוּחַ הַקָּדִים נָשָׂא אֶת־הָאַרְבֶּֽה׃
Moshe stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt and Adonoy directed an east wind over the land all that day and all the night. When morning came the east wind had carried [brought] the locusts.
Moshe stretched out his rod over the land of Egypt and Adonoy directed an east wind over the land all that day and all the night. When morning came the east wind had carried [brought] the locusts.
Rashi
ורוח הקדים. רוח מזרחית נשא את הארבה, לפי שבא כנגדו, שמצרים בדרומית מערבית היתה, כמו שמפורש במקום אחר:
The east wind The east wind carried the locusts because it (the wind) comes from opposite it (Egypt). For Egypt was southwest [relative to Eretz Yisrael] as has been explained elsewhere.
וַיַּעַל הָֽאַרְבֶּה עַל כׇּל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וַיָּנַח בְּכֹל גְּבוּל מִצְרָיִם כָּבֵד מְאֹד לְפָנָיו לֹא־הָיָה כֵן אַרְבֶּה כָּמֹהוּ וְאַחֲרָיו לֹא יִֽהְיֶה־כֵּֽן׃
The locusts came up over the whole land of Egypt, and rested [settled] within all the borders of Egypt. It was very severe. Never before had there been such locusts and never again after them.
The locusts came up over the whole land of Egypt, and rested [settled] within all the borders of Egypt. It was very severe. Never before had there been such locusts and never again after them.
Rashi
ואחריו לא יהיה כן. ואותו שהיה בימי יואל, שנאמר כּמֹהוּ לֹא נִהְיָה מִן הָעֹולָם (יואל ב, ב), למדנו שהיה כבד משל משה, (כי של יואל היה) ע"י מינין הרבה, שהיו יחד ארבה, ילק, חסיל, גזם, אבל של משה לא היה אלא של מין אחד, (כ"ג רא"ם יע"ש) וכמוהו לא היה ולא יהיה:
And never again after them. The [locusts] that were in the days of Yoel about which it is said: “There was never one like it,” which teaches us that it was more serious than [the one in the days of] Moshe! It was so [only] in regard to multiple species, for, simultaneously, there were [the species called] אַרְבֶּה, יֶלֶק, חָסִיל, גָּזָם — Arbeh, Yelek, Chasil, Gazam. But [the one in the days] of Moshe was of only one species (the אַרְבֶּה), the likes of which never had been and never would be.
וַיְכַס אֶת־עֵין כׇּל־הָאָרֶץ וַתֶּחְשַׁךְ הָאָרֶץ וַיֹּאכַל אֶת־כׇּל־עֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ וְאֵת כׇּל־פְּרִי הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר הוֹתִיר הַבָּרָד וְלֹא־נוֹתַר כׇּל־יֶרֶק בָּעֵץ וּבְעֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה בְּכׇל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃
They covered the visible surface of the entire land so that the land was darkened. They ate all the vegetation of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that was left [spared] by the hail. No greenery remained on the trees or on the vegetation of the field in the entire land of Egypt.
They covered the visible surface of the entire land so that the land was darkened. They ate all the vegetation of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that was left [spared] by the hail. No greenery remained on the trees or on the vegetation of the field in the entire land of Egypt.
Rashi
כל ירק. עָלֶה ירוק, וירדור"א בלע"ז:
No greenery. [יֶרֶק here means] a green leaf. Verdure in Old French.
וַיְמַהֵר פַּרְעֹה לִקְרֹא לְמֹשֶׁה וּֽלְאַהֲרֹן וַיֹּאמֶר חָטָאתִי לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם וְלָכֶֽם׃
Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moshe and Aharon, and he said, “I have sinned to Adonoy, your God, and to you.
Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moshe and Aharon, and he said, “I have sinned to Adonoy, your God, and to you.
וְעַתָּה שָׂא נָא חַטָּאתִי אַךְ הַפַּעַם וְהַעְתִּירוּ לַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם וְיָסֵר מֵֽעָלַי רַק אֶת־הַמָּוֶת הַזֶּֽה׃
Now forgive my sin just this one time and plead with Adonoy, your God, just to remove this death from me.”
Now forgive my sin just this one time and plead with Adonoy, your God, just to remove this death from me.”
וַיֵּצֵא מֵעִם פַּרְעֹה וַיֶּעְתַּר אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃
He [Moshe] left Pharaoh’s presence and prayed to Adonoy.
He [Moshe] left Pharaoh’s presence and prayed to Adonoy.
וַיַּהֲפֹךְ יְהֹוָה רֽוּחַ־יָם חָזָק מְאֹד וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת־הָאַרְבֶּה וַיִּתְקָעֵהוּ יָמָּה סּוּף לֹא נִשְׁאַר אַרְבֶּה אֶחָד בְּכֹל גְּבוּל מִצְרָֽיִם׃
Adonoy turned a very strong westerly wind, that carried away the locusts, and plunged them into the Reed Sea. Not a single locust remained in all of Egypt’s borders.
Adonoy turned a very strong westerly wind, that carried away the locusts, and plunged them into the Reed Sea. Not a single locust remained in all of Egypt’s borders.
Rashi
רוח ים. רוח מערבי:
Westerly wind. [רוּחַ יָם means] a westerly wind.
ימה סוף. אומר אני, שֶׁיַּם סוף היה מקצתו במערב כנגד כל רוח דרומית, וגם במזרח של ארץ ישראל, לפיכך רוח ים תקעו לארבה בימה סוף כנגדו, וכן מצינו לענין תחומין שהוא פונה לצד מזרח, שנאמר מִיַּם סוּף וְעַד יָם פְּלִשְׁתִּים (שמות כג, לא), ממזרח למערב, שים פלשתים במערב היה, שנאמר בפלשתים ישְׁבֵי חֶבֶל הַיָם גֹּוי כְּרֵתִים (צפניה ב, ה):
Into the Reed sea It is my opinion that the Reed Sea was partially to the west [of Eretz Yisrael] opposite the entire southern side, and was also on the eastern side of Eretz Yisrael. Therefore, a westerly wind blew the locusts into the Reed Sea opposite [the east of Egypt] so, too, we find regarding boundaries [of Eretz Yisrael,] that it (the Reed Sea) veers to the east [of Eretz Ysrael,] for it is said: “from the Reed Sea to the Philistine Sea,” [referring to the extent of the land] east to west, since the Philistine Sea was to the west; as is said regarding the Philistines: “Those who inhabit the sea-coast, the Kereisi (Philistine) nation.”
לא נשאר ארבה אחד. אף המלוחים שמלחו מהם (שמו"ר יג, ו):
Not a single locust remained. Not even a salted one that they had salted.
וַיְחַזֵּק יְהֹוָה אֶת־לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְלֹא שִׁלַּח אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {פ}
Adonoy hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not send out the B’nei Yisrael.
Adonoy hardened Pharaoh’s heart, and he did not send out the B’nei Yisrael.
בארבה. בשביל מכת הארבה:
For the locusts. [The prefix letter ב' denotes:] “On account of the locust plague.