Tanach
Shmuel I 13:15-18 שמואל א י״ג:ט״ו-י״ח
Part of: Chapter 13
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וַיָּקׇם שְׁמוּאֵל וַיַּעַל מִן־הַגִּלְגָּל גִּבְעַת בִּנְיָמִן וַיִּפְקֹד שָׁאוּל אֶת־הָעָם הַנִּמְצְאִים עִמּוֹ כְּשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת אִֽישׁ׃
Shmuel rose and went up from Gilgol to Givas Binyomin. Shaul counted the people who were [still] with him: about six hundred men.
Shmuel rose and went up from Gilgol to Givas Binyomin. Shaul counted the people who were [still] with him: about six hundred men.
Rashi
וְשָׁאוּל וְיוֹנָתָן בְּנוֹ וְהָעָם הַנִּמְצָא עִמָּם יֹשְׁבִים בְּגֶבַע בִּנְיָמִן וּפְלִשְׁתִּים חָנוּ בְמִכְמָֽשׂ׃
Shaul and his son Yonoson, and the people who were with them, were staying in Givas Binyomin, while the Philistines were camped at Michmos.
Shaul and his son Yonoson, and the people who were with them, were staying in Givas Binyomin, while the Philistines were camped at Michmos.
וַיֵּצֵא הַמַּשְׁחִית מִמַּחֲנֵה פְלִשְׁתִּים שְׁלֹשָׁה רָאשִׁים הָרֹאשׁ אֶחָד יִפְנֶה אֶל־דֶּרֶךְ עׇפְרָה אֶל־אֶרֶץ שׁוּעָֽל׃
The raiders came out of the Philistine camp in three forces. One force turned toward the road to Ophroh, to the land of Shual;
The raiders came out of the Philistine camp in three forces. One force turned toward the road to Ophroh, to the land of Shual;
וְהָרֹאשׁ אֶחָד יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ בֵּית חֹרוֹן וְהָרֹאשׁ אֶחָד יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ הַגְּבוּל הַנִּשְׁקָף עַל־גֵּי הַצְּבֹעִים הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה׃ {ס}
And one force turned toward the road to Beis Choron; and one force turned toward the road of the border which overlooks the Valley of the Tzevo'im, toward the desert.
And one force turned toward the road to Beis Choron; and one force turned toward the road of the border which overlooks the Valley of the Tzevo'im, toward the desert.
Rashi
גי הצבועים. שמצויין בו הצבועים, הוא ששנינו, רבי מאיר אומר: אף הצבוע. ותרגם יונתן: אפעיא. וכן פירשו רבותינו ז"ל (בבא קמא טז א): צבוע זה אפעה, מין שרץ רע ומזיק:
The Valley of the Tzvo'im. Where the Tzvo'im are found. This is the animal referred to by R. Meir when he said, 'also the '.12 Maseches Bava Kama 16a.צָּבוֹעַ Targum Yonoson renders, ''13 Perhaps it is the hyena or the fox.אֲפָעַיָא and so did our Rabbis of sainted memory, explain, צָבוֹעַ is ,14 A particular species of snake.אֶפְעֶה a species of fierce and destructive animals.
הנמצאים עמו. כי העם נפוצו מעליו, ואלו נשתיירו:
Who were [still] with him. For the people had scattered from him, and these remained.