Tanach
Shmuel I 20:40-42 שמואל א כ׳:מ׳-מ״ב
Part of: Chapter 20
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וַיִּתֵּן יְהֽוֹנָתָן אֶת־כֵּלָיו אֶל־הַנַּעַר אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ לֵךְ הָבֵיא הָעִֽיר׃
Yonoson gave his things to his lad and said to him, "Go, bring them to the city."
Yonoson gave his things to his lad and said to him, "Go, bring them to the city."
הַנַּעַר בָּא וְדָוִד קָם מֵאֵצֶל הַנֶּגֶב וַיִּפֹּל לְאַפָּיו אַרְצָה וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּ שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים וַֽיִּשְּׁקוּ ׀ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וַיִּבְכּוּ אִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ עַד־דָּוִד הִגְדִּֽיל׃
The lad went and Dovid rose from near the southern side [of the stone], and he fell on his face to the ground and prostrated himself three times. Each man kissed the other and they cried with one another, until Dovid exceeded.
The lad went and Dovid rose from near the southern side [of the stone], and he fell on his face to the ground and prostrated himself three times. Each man kissed the other and they cried with one another, until Dovid exceeded.
Rashi
עד דוד הגדיל. הרבה לבכות:
Until Dovid exceeded. I.e., he cried more.34I.e., ‘more than Yonoson.’ However, according to Ralbag, ‘more than is fitting.’ Dovid cried more than Yonoson because unlike Yonoson who could return home now, Dovid would have to flee from Shaul who was seeking to kill him.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹנָתָן לְדָוִד לֵךְ לְשָׁלוֹם אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְנוּ שְׁנֵינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ בְּשֵׁם יְהֹוָה לֵאמֹר יְהֹוָה יִהְיֶה ׀ בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וּבֵין זַרְעִי וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ {פ}
Yonoson said to Dovid, "Go to peace. For the two of us have sworn in the Name of Adonoy, saying, 'Adonoy will be [a witness] between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever!'"
Yonoson said to Dovid, "Go to peace. For the two of us have sworn in the Name of Adonoy, saying, 'Adonoy will be [a witness] between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever!'"
Rashi
לך לשלום. והשבועה אשר נשבענו, ה' יהיה עד עליה עד עולם:
Go to peace. And the oath which we have sworn, may ה׳ be its witness forever.
מאצל הנגב. (תרגום:) מסטר אבן אתא דלקבל דרומא:
From near the southern side. [Targum renders,] 'from the side of the landmark stone which was toward the south.'