Tanach
Shmuel I 2:1-10 שמואל א ב׳:א׳-י׳
Part of: Chapter 2
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וַתִּתְפַּלֵּל חַנָּה וַתֹּאמַר עָלַץ לִבִּי בַּֽיהֹוָה רָמָה קַרְנִי בַּֽיהֹוָה רָחַב פִּי עַל־אוֹיְבַי כִּי שָׂמַחְתִּי בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ׃
Chana prayed and said: "My heart exults in Adonoy, my horn is exalted in Adonoy, my mouth is enlarged over my enemies; for I rejoice in Your salvation.
Chana prayed and said: "My heart exults in Adonoy, my horn is exalted in Adonoy, my mouth is enlarged over my enemies; for I rejoice in Your salvation.
Rashi
אֵין־קָדוֹשׁ כַּיהֹוָה כִּי אֵין בִּלְתֶּךָ וְאֵין צוּר כֵּאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃
For there is none holy like Adonoy, for there is none beside You; and there is no stronghold like our God.
For there is none holy like Adonoy, for there is none beside You; and there is no stronghold like our God.
Rashi
ואין צור כאלהינו. אין צייר כאלהינו, הצר צורה בתוך צורה:
And there is no stronghold like our God. There is no artist1 Rashi disregards the usual rendering of צוֹר [=Rock], which represents the awesome powers of ‘ה Who is able to change the laws of nature. Seen Devarim 32:4. [צַיָר] like our God Who fashions a form within a form.2Maseches Berachos 10a.
אַל־תַּרְבּוּ תְדַבְּרוּ גְּבֹהָה גְבֹהָה יֵצֵא עָתָק מִפִּיכֶם כִּי אֵל דֵּעוֹת יְהֹוָה (ולא) [וְלוֹ] נִתְכְּנוּ עֲלִלֽוֹת׃
Do not abound in speaking so very proudly, let not harshness come from your mouth; for a God of knowledge is Adonoy, and by Him all actions are counted.
Do not abound in speaking so very proudly, let not harshness come from your mouth; for a God of knowledge is Adonoy, and by Him all actions are counted.
Rashi
אל תרבו תדברו. כל גסי הרוח אשר שעתם מצלחת, ובשביל פנינה שהיתה מתגאה עליה היא מדברת, לפי פשוטו ולפי דרשו, כתרגומו שתרגם יונתן:
Do not abound in speaking so very proudly. All those who are haughty when they experience good fortune. About Penina who behaved haughtily toward her, was she speaking, according to the simple explanation. However, according to the drash, we follow Targum Yonoson's rendition [that she is referring to Nevuchadnetzar].
עתק. דבר חזק דבר אחר: לשון סרה, כמו: (בראשית יב ח) ויעתק משם ההרה, יצא דבר סרה מפיכם:
Harshness. Strong speech. Others explain עָתָק as an expression of something which is removed [from the truth], as in "from there he moved [וַיַעְתֵּק] to the mountain."3Bereishis 12:8. [The meaning here being "let not] falsehood come out of your mouth."
כי אל דעות ה'. יודע מה שבלבבכם:
For a God of knowledge is Adonoy. He knows what is in your hearts.
ולו נתכנו עלילות. כל מעשי האדם נמנין לפניו:
And by Him all actions are counted. All people's deeds are counted before Him.
נתכנו. לשון מנין, כמו: (שמות ה יח) ותוכן לבנים תתנו:
Counted. An expression of number, as in, "and the number [וְתֹכֶן] of bricks shall you give."4Shemos 5:18.
קֶשֶׁת גִּבֹּרִים חַתִּים וְנִכְשָׁלִים אָזְרוּ חָֽיִל׃
The bows of the mighty are broken, and [they that had been] stumbling were girded with strength.
The bows of the mighty are broken, and [they that had been] stumbling were girded with strength.
Rashi
קשת גבורים חתים וגו'. כך אומנותו של הקב"ה, מתיש את הגבורים ומחזק את החלשים, משביע את הרעבים ומרעיב את השבעים:
The bows of the mighty are broken… This is the custom of the Holy One, Blessed is He. He weakens the mighty and strengthens the weak, He sates the hungry and starves the sated.
שְׂבֵעִים בַּלֶּחֶם נִשְׂכָּרוּ וּרְעֵבִים חָדֵלּוּ עַד־עֲקָרָה יָלְדָה שִׁבְעָה וְרַבַּת בָּנִים אֻמְלָֽלָה׃
The sated have hired themselves out for bread, and the hungry have ceased; until the barren has born seven, and she with many children was bereaved.
The sated have hired themselves out for bread, and the hungry have ceased; until the barren has born seven, and she with many children was bereaved.
Rashi
שבעים בלחם. ולא צריכים להיות נשכרים לשום מלאכה, מרעיבם, ונשכרו בלחם פרנסתם:
The sated have hired themselves out for bread. [The sated] who do not need to hire themselves out for any work, He starves them and they must hire themselves out for bread,
ורעבים. שהיו טורחים ויגעים על מזונות:
And the hungry Who would toil and weary themselves for food.
חדלו. מטרחם:
Have ceased. From their toil.
עד עקרה ילדה שבעה ורבת בנים וגו'. ובעוד שהעקרה יולדת שבעה בנים, רבת בנים אמללה וקוברת בניה חנה ילדה שבעה, שנאמר (להלן פסוק כא) כי פקד ה' את חנה ותהר ותלד שלשה בנים ושתי בנות, וכשחנה יולדת אחד, פנינה קוברת שנים, ועשרה בנים היו לה, שנאמר (לעיל א ח): הלא אנכי טוב לך מעשרה בנים, של פנינה, כשילדה חנה ארבעה, קברה פנינה שמונה, וכשנתעברה וילדה ולד חמישי, נשתטחה פנינה לרגליה ובקשה רחמים וחיו ונקראו על שמה, אלו דברי רבי נחמיה. רבי יהודה אומר: בני בנים הרי הן כבנים. ויש אומרים: שבעה, בגימטריא כמנין שמואל:
Until the barren has born seven and she with many children…. While the barren woman has born seven,5 Others interpret that the seven children mentioned are not literally seven and with reference to Peninah, but rather it is an expression that means “many children.” See above 1:8.—Radak she that had many children has been bereaved and buries her children. Chana bore seven as it is stated, "For Adonoy remembered Chana and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters." When Chana bore one, Penina buried two.6Below verse 21. Penina had ten children as it is stated, "Am I not better to you than [the] ten sons of Penina?"7Above 1:8. When Chana bore four, Penina buried eight. When she [Chana] conceived and bore a fifth child, Penina prostrated herself at her feet and begged for mercy and they lived and were therefore considered as hers. This is R. Nechemya's opinion. R. Yehudah however says that grandchildren are considered as children. Some are of the opinion that the numerical value of שִׁבְעָה(377) is equivalent to that of שְׁמוּאֵל(377).
יְהֹוָה מֵמִית וּמְחַיֶּה מוֹרִיד שְׁאוֹל וַיָּֽעַל׃
Adonoy kills and gives life; He casts down to the grave and brings up.
Adonoy kills and gives life; He casts down to the grave and brings up.
יְהֹוָה מוֹרִישׁ וּמַעֲשִׁיר מַשְׁפִּיל אַף־מְרוֹמֵֽם׃
Adonoy makes poor and makes rich; He makes low and also lifts up.
Adonoy makes poor and makes rich; He makes low and also lifts up.
מֵקִים מֵעָפָר דָּל מֵֽאַשְׁפֹּת יָרִים אֶבְיוֹן לְהוֹשִׁיב עִם־נְדִיבִים וְכִסֵּא כָבוֹד יַנְחִלֵם כִּי לַֽיהֹוָה מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ וַיָּשֶׁת עֲלֵיהֶם תֵּבֵֽל׃
He raises up the poor from the dirt, from the dung heaps He lifts up the destitute, to seat them with the nobles and apportions them the seat of honor. For the foundations of earth are Adonoy's, and He set the world upon them.
He raises up the poor from the dirt, from the dung heaps He lifts up the destitute, to seat them with the nobles and apportions them the seat of honor. For the foundations of earth are Adonoy's, and He set the world upon them.
רַגְלֵי חֲסִידָו יִשְׁמֹר וּרְשָׁעִים בַּחֹשֶׁךְ יִדָּמּוּ כִּי־לֹא בְכֹחַ יִגְבַּר־אִֽישׁ׃
He guards the steps of his pious ones, and the wicked are stilled in the darkness; for not by strength does man prevail.
He guards the steps of his pious ones, and the wicked are stilled in the darkness; for not by strength does man prevail.
Rashi
חסידו. חסידו כתיב, חסידיו קרי, בין יחיד בין רבים, וכן יחתו מריביו (פסוק י), מריבו, בין יחיד בין רבים:
His pious ones. It is spelled חֲסִידוֹ "His pious one" but read חֲסִידָיו "His pious ones," [meaning] whether a single one or many. Similarly "may His adversaries be broken." [The reading is מְרִיבָיו "His adversaries" but] the spelling is מְרִיבוֹ "His adversary," meaning whether a single adversary or many.
יְהֹוָה יֵחַתּוּ מְרִיבָו עָלָו בַּשָּׁמַיִם יַרְעֵם יְהֹוָה יָדִין אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ וְיִתֶּן־עֹז לְמַלְכּוֹ וְיָרֵם קֶרֶן מְשִׁיחֽוֹ׃ {פ}
Adonoy, may His adversaries be broken; let Him thunder against them from heaven. May Adonoy judge the ends of the world, and give power to His king, and raise the pride of His anointed one."
Adonoy, may His adversaries be broken; let Him thunder against them from heaven. May Adonoy judge the ends of the world, and give power to His king, and raise the pride of His anointed one."
Rashi
עלו בשמים ירעם. עלו כתיב, אפילו עלו בשמים, מרעים עליהם ומורידם:
Let Him thunder against them from heaven. The spelling is עָלוּ "they have ascended" meaning that even if they have ascended to the heavens, He thunders upon them and casts them down.
ידין אפסי ארץ. שופטן ומייסרן, יושטיציי"א בלע"ז:
May Adonoy judge the ends of the earth. He judges and punishes them. Justisier in O. F.
רחב פי על אויבי. על פנינה:
My mouth is enlarged. Against Penina.