Tanach
Shmuel I 14:8-12 שמואל א י״ד:ח׳-י״ב
Part of: Chapter 14Petuchah, I Samuel 14:12
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וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹנָתָן הִנֵּה אֲנַחְנוּ עֹבְרִים אֶל־הָאֲנָשִׁים וְנִגְלִינוּ אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
Yonoson said, "Behold, we are crossing over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.
Yonoson said, "Behold, we are crossing over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.
אִם־כֹּה יֹֽאמְרוּ אֵלֵינוּ דֹּמּוּ עַד־הַגִּיעֵנוּ אֲלֵיכֶם וְעָמַדְנוּ תַחְתֵּינוּ וְלֹא נַעֲלֶה אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
If they say to us, 'Stop until we reach you,' we will then stay our ground and not go up to them.
If they say to us, 'Stop until we reach you,' we will then stay our ground and not go up to them.
Rashi
וְאִם־כֹּה יֹאמְרוּ עֲלוּ עָלֵינוּ וְעָלִינוּ כִּֽי־נְתָנָם יְהֹוָה בְּיָדֵנוּ וְזֶה־לָּנוּ הָאֽוֹת׃
But if they say [to us], 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for Adonoy has delivered them into our hand. This is our sign."
But if they say [to us], 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for Adonoy has delivered them into our hand. This is our sign."
Rashi
ואם כה יאמרו עלו עלינו. פחד הקב"ה בלבם, ויראים לזוז ממקומם:
But if they say [to us], 'Come up to us.' A fear inspired by the Holy One, Blessed is He, is in their heart and they are afraid to move from their place.4Although there is a prohibition against resorting to omens in Vayikra 19:26, Tosfos in Maseches Chulin 95b explains that Yonoson himself did not believe in the sign, he only made it to encourage his weapon bearer. See Radak.
וַיִּגָּלוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם אֶל־מַצַּב פְּלִשְׁתִּים וַיֹּאמְרוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים הִנֵּה עִבְרִים יֹֽצְאִים מִן־הַחֹרִים אֲשֶׁר הִתְחַבְּאוּ־שָֽׁם׃
The two of them revealed themselves to the Philistine garrison, and the Philistines said, "Behold, these Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they were hiding."
The two of them revealed themselves to the Philistine garrison, and the Philistines said, "Behold, these Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they were hiding."
וַיַּעֲנוּ אַנְשֵׁי הַמַּצָּבָה אֶת־יוֹנָתָן ׀ וְאֶת־נֹשֵׂא כֵלָיו וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ עֲלוּ אֵלֵינוּ וְנוֹדִיעָה אֶתְכֶם דָּבָר {פ}
וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹנָתָן אֶל־נֹשֵׂא כֵלָיו עֲלֵה אַחֲרַי כִּֽי־נְתָנָם יְהֹוָה בְּיַד יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
The men of the garrison called out to Yonoson and his weapon bearer, saying, "Come up to us. We have something to tell you." Yonoson then said to his weapon bearer, "Come up after me, for Adonoy has delivered them into the hand of Yisroel."
The men of the garrison called out to Yonoson and his weapon bearer, saying, "Come up to us. We have something to tell you." Yonoson then said to his weapon bearer, "Come up after me, for Adonoy has delivered them into the hand of Yisroel."
Rashi
ויענו. לשון הרמת קול:
[They] called out. An expression of raising [one's] voice.
דמו. המתינו, כמו (יהושע י יב): שמש בגבעון דום ; וכן (תהלים לז ז): דום לה', אם כה יאמרו: דומו ונעלה אליכם, שעתם מצלחת ולבם רם עליהם:
Stop. Wait, as in, "Sun, wait [דּוֹם] in Givon,"2 Yehoshua 10:12. and as in, "Wait for ."3 Tehillim 37:7.השם [The meaning here being] if they say, "Wait, and we will go up to you," they are presently successful and they are proud.