Tanach
Shmuel I 5:1-5 שמואל א ה׳:א׳-ה׳
Part of: Chapter 5
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וּפְלִשְׁתִּים לָֽקְחוּ אֵת אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים וַיְבִאֻהוּ מֵאֶבֶן הָעֵזֶר אַשְׁדּֽוֹדָה׃
The Philistines had taken the Ark of God and brought it from Even Haezer to Ashdod.
The Philistines had taken the Ark of God and brought it from Even Haezer to Ashdod.
וַיִּקְחוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים אֶת־אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים וַיָּבִאוּ אֹתוֹ בֵּית דָּגוֹן וַיַּצִּיגוּ אֹתוֹ אֵצֶל דָּגֽוֹן׃
The Philistines took the Ark of God and brought it to the House of Dagon, placing it beside Dagon.
The Philistines took the Ark of God and brought it to the House of Dagon, placing it beside Dagon.
Rashi
וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ אַשְׁדּוֹדִים מִֽמׇּחֳרָת וְהִנֵּה דָגוֹן נֹפֵל לְפָנָיו אַרְצָה לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהֹוָה וַיִּקְחוּ אֶת־דָּגוֹן וַיָּשִׁבוּ אֹתוֹ לִמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃
The people of Ashdod arose early the next day and behold, Dagon had fallen upon its face to the ground, before the Ark of Adonoy. They took Dagon and returned it to its place.
The people of Ashdod arose early the next day and behold, Dagon had fallen upon its face to the ground, before the Ark of Adonoy. They took Dagon and returned it to its place.
וַיַּשְׁכִּמוּ בַבֹּקֶר מִֽמׇּחֳרָת וְהִנֵּה דָגוֹן נֹפֵל לְפָנָיו אַרְצָה לִפְנֵי אֲרוֹן יְהֹוָה וְרֹאשׁ דָּגוֹן וּשְׁתֵּי ׀ כַּפּוֹת יָדָיו כְּרֻתוֹת אֶל־הַמִּפְתָּן רַק דָּגוֹן נִשְׁאַר עָלָֽיו׃
They arose early the next morning and again Dagon had fallen upon its face to the ground, before the Ark of Adonoy. Dagon's head and the two palms of its hands were severed and, lying on the threshold, only Dagon's body remained intact near [the Ark].
They arose early the next morning and again Dagon had fallen upon its face to the ground, before the Ark of Adonoy. Dagon's head and the two palms of its hands were severed and, lying on the threshold, only Dagon's body remained intact near [the Ark].
Rashi
המפתן. אסקופה:
The threshold. The equivalent of אַסְקוּפָה [=threshold].
עַל־כֵּן לֹֽא־יִדְרְכוּ כֹהֲנֵי דָגוֹן וְכׇֽל־הַבָּאִים בֵּית־דָּגוֹן עַל־מִפְתַּן דָּגוֹן בְּאַשְׁדּוֹד עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ {פ}
Because of this, they do not tread—the priests of Dagon, and all those who come to the house of Dagon—upon the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
Because of this, they do not tread—the priests of Dagon, and all those who come to the house of Dagon—upon the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
אצל דגון. דמות עשוי כדמות דג:
Beside Dagon. The idol was made in the form of a fish.1 From the word דָג [=fish]. Some say that from the waist up it had a human form with hands, and from the waist down it looked like a fish.