Shemot
Beshalach, Aliyah 2 בשלח, שני
Part of: BeshalachBeshalach, Aliyah 2Chapter 14Petuchah, Exodus 14:1
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Shemot 14
וַיִּרְדְּפוּ מִצְרַיִם אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיַּשִּׂיגוּ אוֹתָם חֹנִים עַל־הַיָּם כׇּל־סוּס רֶכֶב פַּרְעֹה וּפָרָשָׁיו וְחֵילוֹ עַל־פִּי הַֽחִירֹת לִפְנֵי בַּעַל צְפֹֽן׃
The Egyptians pursued them and overtook them as they were encamped by the sea. There were all Pharaoh’s chariot horses, his cavalry and his army [infantry], at Pi haChiros, facing Ba’al Tzephon.
The Egyptians pursued them and overtook them as they were encamped by the sea. There were all Pharaoh’s chariot horses, his cavalry and his army [infantry], at Pi haChiros, facing Ba’al Tzephon.
וּפַרְעֹה הִקְרִיב וַיִּשְׂאוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־עֵינֵיהֶם וְהִנֵּה מִצְרַיִם ׀ נֹסֵעַ אַחֲרֵיהֶם וַיִּֽירְאוּ מְאֹד וַיִּצְעֲקוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃
Pharaoh drew near, and the B’nei Yisrael looked up, and beheld the Egyptians coming after them. They were very frightened, and the B’nei Yisrael cried out to Adonoy.
Pharaoh drew near, and the B’nei Yisrael looked up, and beheld the Egyptians coming after them. They were very frightened, and the B’nei Yisrael cried out to Adonoy.
Rashi
נסע אחריהם. בלב אחד כאיש אחד. דבר אחר והנה מצרים נוסע אחריהם, ראו שר של מצרים נוסע מן השמים לעזור למצרים (תנחומא בשלח יג):
Coming after them. With one heart (mind), as one man. An alternate explanation: And behold the Egyptian (sing.) is coming after them: [meaning:] They saw the guardian angel of Egypt coming from the heavens to help the Egyptians.
ויצעקו. תפשו אומנות אבותם (מכילתא פ"ב). באברהם הוא אומר, אֶל הַמָּקֹום אֲשֶׁר עָמַד שָׁם (בראשית יט, כז). ביצחק, לָשׂוּחַ בַּשָׂדֶה (שם כד, סג). ביעקב, וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקֹום (שם כח, יא):
They cried out. They grasped the trait of their forefathers. Regarding Avraham it is written: “To the place where he stood.” Regarding Yitzchok: “To meditate (pray) in the field” Regarding Yaakov: “He reached the place (prayed in the place).”
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה הֲֽמִבְּלִי אֵין־קְבָרִים בְּמִצְרַיִם לְקַחְתָּנוּ לָמוּת בַּמִּדְבָּר מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ לְהוֹצִיאָנוּ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
They said to Moshe, “Were there not enough graves in Egypt that you took us out to die in the desert? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt?
They said to Moshe, “Were there not enough graves in Egypt that you took us out to die in the desert? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt?
Rashi
המבלי אין קברים. וכי מחמת חסרון קברים, שאין קברים במצרים ליקבר שם, לקחתנו משם. שיפו"ר פלינצס"א דינו"ן פושי"ש:
Were there not enough graves in Egypt. [Meaning:] Is it due to a lack of graves, that there are not (אֵין) graves in Egypt to be buried there, that you took us from there?” se por feilance de non foses in Old French.
הֲלֹא־זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְנוּ אֵלֶיךָ בְמִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹר חֲדַל מִמֶּנּוּ וְנַֽעַבְדָה אֶת־מִצְרָיִם כִּי טוֹב לָנוּ עֲבֹד אֶת־מִצְרַיִם מִמֻּתֵנוּ בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃
This is the [exact] thing that we told you in Egypt saying, ‘Leave us alone and let us serve the Egyptians.’ It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than we should die in the desert.”
This is the [exact] thing that we told you in Egypt saying, ‘Leave us alone and let us serve the Egyptians.’ It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than we should die in the desert.”
Rashi
אשר דברנו אליך במצרים. והיכן דברו, יֵרֶא ה' עֲלֵיכֶם וְיִשְׁפֹּוט (שמות ה, כא — מכילתא פ"ב):
That we told you in Egypt. Where was it that they told him? “Let God look at you and judge.”
ממותנו. מאשר נמות, ואם היה נקוד מלאפו"ם, (ר"ל חול"ם, כנודע לבעלי דקדוק שקראו חול"ם מלאפו"ם, ועיין לקמן פרשת יתרו ברש"י פסוק פן יפרוץ) היה נבאר ממיתתנו, עכשיו שנקוד בשורק, נבאר מאשר נמות. וכן מִי יִתֵּן מוּתֵנוּ, שנמות. וכן מִי יִתֵּן מוּתִי (שמואל־ב יט, יט) דאבשלום, שאמות. כמו לְיֹום קוּמִי לָעַד (צפניה ג, ח), עַד שׁוּבִי בְשָׁלֹום (דברי הימים־ב יח, כו) שאקום שאשוב:
Than we should die in the desert. [מִמֻּתֵנוּ means] than that we should die. Had it been vocalized with a melopum it would have been explained as: than our death! But now that it is vocalized with a shuruk we explain it as: than that we should die. Similarly: “If only (מוּתֵנוּ) we would die.” Similarly: “If only (מוּתִי)” regarding Avshalom [מוּתִי meaning:] I would die, As in: “Till the day קוּמִי forever,” [or:] “Until שוּבִי in peace,” [קוּמִי, שוּבִי meaning:] that I arise, that I return.
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־הָעָם אַל־תִּירָאוּ הִֽתְיַצְּבוּ וּרְאוּ אֶת־יְשׁוּעַת יְהֹוָה אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה לָכֶם הַיּוֹם כִּי אֲשֶׁר רְאִיתֶם אֶת־מִצְרַיִם הַיּוֹם לֹא תֹסִפוּ לִרְאֹתָם עוֹד עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃
Moshe said to the people, “Do not be afraid, stand firm and you will see the deliverance of Adonoy, which He will perform for you this day, for the Egyptians you have seen this day you will never again see them, even to eternity.
Moshe said to the people, “Do not be afraid, stand firm and you will see the deliverance of Adonoy, which He will perform for you this day, for the Egyptians you have seen this day you will never again see them, even to eternity.
Rashi
כי אשר ראיתם את מצרים וגו'. מה שראיתם אותם אינו אלא היום, היום הוא שראיתם אותם ולא תוסיפו עוד:
For the Egyptians you have seen [this day]. [I.e.,] the fact that you have [now] seen them is only this day. This is the day that you saw them, but you will never again [see them].
יְהֹוָה יִלָּחֵם לָכֶם וְאַתֶּם תַּחֲרִשֽׁוּן׃ {פ}
Adonoy will fight for you, and you [must] remain silent.
Adonoy will fight for you, and you [must] remain silent.
Rashi
ה' ילחם לכם. בשבילכם, וכן כִּי ה' נִלְחָם לָהֶם, וכן אִם לָאֵל תְּרִיבוּן (איוב יג, ח), וכן וַאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לִי (בראשית כד, ז), וכן ה ַאַתֶּם תְּרִיבוּן לַבַּעַל (שופטים ו, לא):
Adonoy will fight for you [לָכֶם means:] for you. Similarly: “For Adonoy is fighting for them.” Similarly: “Will you argue for God?” Similarly: “And the one who spoke for me” Similarly: “Will you argue for the Ba’al”
ופרעה הקריב. היה לו לכתוב ופרעה קרב, מהו הקריב, הקריב עצמו ונתאמץ לקדם לפניהם, כמו שהתנה עמהם:
Pharaoh drew near It should have said וּפַרְעֹה קָרַב (in the קַל conjugation). Why does it say הִקְרִיב — [in the הִפְעִיל form]? He made himself draw near and he exerted himself to be ahead of them (his soldiers) as he had arranged with them.