Tanach
Shemot 2:23-25 שמות ב׳:כ״ג-כ״ה
Part of: ShemotShemot, Aliyah 3Chapter 2
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וַיְהִי בַיָּמִים הָֽרַבִּים הָהֵם וַיָּמׇת מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם וַיֵּאָנְחוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן־הָעֲבֹדָה וַיִּזְעָקוּ וַתַּעַל שַׁוְעָתָם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים מִן־הָעֲבֹדָֽה׃
A long time passed and the king of Egypt died. The B’nei Yisrael moaned because of their enslavement, and they cried. Their plea about their enslavement went up to God.
A long time passed and the king of Egypt died. The B’nei Yisrael moaned because of their enslavement, and they cried. Their plea about their enslavement went up to God.
Rashi
וימת מלך מצרים. נצטרע, והיה שוחט תינוקות ישראל ורוחץ בדמם (שמו"ר א, לד):
And the king of Egypt died. [וַיָמָת, here meaning:] he was stricken with leprosy, and was slaughtering Israelite infants and bathing in their blood.
וַיִּשְׁמַע אֱלֹהִים אֶת־נַאֲקָתָם וַיִּזְכֹּר אֱלֹהִים אֶת־בְּרִיתוֹ אֶת־אַבְרָהָם אֶת־יִצְחָק וְאֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃
Elohim heard their groaning and Elohim remembered His covenant with Avraham, with Yitzchok and with Yaakov.
Elohim heard their groaning and Elohim remembered His covenant with Avraham, with Yitzchok and with Yaakov.
Rashi
נאקתם. צעקתם, וכן מֵעִיר מְתִים יִנְאָקוּ (איוב כד, יב):
Their groaning. [נַאֲקָתָם means:] their cry. Similarly, “From the populated city (יִנְִאָקוּ) a cry will arise.”
את בריתו את אברהם. עם אברהם:
His covenant with Avraham. [אֶת אַבְרָהָם means:] with Avraham.
וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֵּדַע אֱלֹהִֽים׃ {ס}
Elohim saw the B’nei Yisrael, and Elohim took knowledge of them.
Elohim saw the B’nei Yisrael, and Elohim took knowledge of them.
Rashi
וידע אלהים. נתן עליהם לב ולא העלים עיניו:
Elokim took knowledge of them. [Meaning:] He gave His attention to them and He [no longer] ignored them.
ויהי בימים הרבים ההם. שהיה משה גָּר במדין, וימת מלך מצרים והוצרכו ישראל לתשועה, ומשה היה רועה וגו' ובאת תשועה על ידו, ולכך נסמכו פרשיות הללו. (בר"י):
A long time passed — during which Moshe was residing in Midian — and the King of Egypt died — and the Israelites needed to be saved — and Moshe tended [the sheep], etc. — and salvation came through him. It is for this reason that these chapters were put together. (From an old Rashi text.)