Tanach
Shmuel I 21:1-5 שמואל א כ״א:א׳-ה׳
Part of: Chapter 21
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וַיָּקׇם וַיֵּלַךְ וִיהוֹנָתָן בָּא הָעִֽיר׃
He [Dovid] rose and left, and Yonoson returned to the city.
He [Dovid] rose and left, and Yonoson returned to the city.
וַיָּבֹא דָוִד נֹבֶה אֶל־אֲחִימֶלֶךְ הַכֹּהֵן וַיֶּחֱרַד אֲחִימֶלֶךְ לִקְרַאת דָּוִד וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מַדּוּעַ אַתָּה לְבַדֶּךָ וְאִישׁ אֵין אִתָּֽךְ׃
Dovid came to Noveh, to Achimelech the kohein. Achimelech came trembling toward Dovid, and said to him, "Why are you alone, with no one accompanying you?"
Dovid came to Noveh, to Achimelech the kohein. Achimelech came trembling toward Dovid, and said to him, "Why are you alone, with no one accompanying you?"
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ הַכֹּהֵן הַמֶּלֶךְ צִוַּנִי דָבָר וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי אִישׁ אַל־יֵדַע מְאוּמָה אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחֲךָ וַאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ וְאֶת־הַנְּעָרִים יוֹדַעְתִּי אֶל־מְקוֹם פְּלֹנִי אַלְמוֹנִֽי׃
Dovid said to Achimelech the kohein, "The king ordered me on a mission, and told me, 'Let no man know anything of the matter about which I am sending you and have commanded you.' And as for the youths, I have sent them ahead to a certain secret place.
Dovid said to Achimelech the kohein, "The king ordered me on a mission, and told me, 'Let no man know anything of the matter about which I am sending you and have commanded you.' And as for the youths, I have sent them ahead to a certain secret place.
Rashi
יודעתי. כמו (שופטים ח טז): ויודע בהם את אנשי סכות:
I have troubled. Similar to, 'And with them he broke [וַידַׁע] the men of Succos.'1 Shoftim 8:16.
פלוני אלמוני. 'אלמון' מאין שם, שאיני חפץ להזכיר, כי דבר סתר הוא:
Certain secret. [אַלְמֹנִי is derived from] 'אַלְמוֹן' [=widower], bereft of a name; for I do not want to mention it, because it is a secret matter.
פלוני. כמו (דברים יז ח): 'כי יפלא', יתכסה:
Hidden. Similar to כִּי יִפָּלֵא [=will be concealed],2Devarim 17:8. will be hidden.
וְעַתָּה מַה־יֵּשׁ תַּחַת־יָדְךָ חֲמִשָּׁה־לֶחֶם תְּנָה בְיָדִי אוֹ הַנִּמְצָֽא׃
And now, what do you have available? Five loaves of bread? Give them, or whatever there is, into my hand."
And now, what do you have available? Five loaves of bread? Give them, or whatever there is, into my hand."
Rashi
או הנמצא. אם אין חמשה, תן לי מה שנמצא בידך:
Or whatever there is. If there are not five,3Talmud Yerushalmi Succah 5:8 explains why Dovid asked for five loaves of bread. Dovid asked for bread from Achimelech who was a member of the family of kohanim that had just completed its service; and their share was five loaves of the showbread. give me whatever is in your possession.
וַיַּעַן הַכֹּהֵן אֶת־דָּוִד וַיֹּאמֶר אֵֽין־לֶחֶם חֹל אֶל־תַּחַת יָדִי כִּֽי־אִם־לֶחֶם קֹדֶשׁ יֵשׁ אִם־נִשְׁמְרוּ הַנְּעָרִים אַךְ מֵאִשָּֽׁה׃ {פ}
The kohein answered Dovid, saying, "I have no ordinary bread available, there is only sacred bread; provided the youths have kept themselves at least from women."
The kohein answered Dovid, saying, "I have no ordinary bread available, there is only sacred bread; provided the youths have kept themselves at least from women."
Rashi
אך מאשה. בקושי אני מאכילן לזרים, אך זה אי אפשר שאכילנו לטמאים:
From women. With difficulty, I give them to non-kohanim to eat, but it is impossible to give it to unclean people to eat.
ואת הנערים יודעתי. לשון טורח, הנערים אשר יצאו עמי, הטרחתים לרוץ לפני אל מקום פלוני אלמוני:
And as for the youths, I have sent them ahead. An expression of troubling; the young men who came out with me, I have troubled them to go before me to a secret, hidden place.