Tanach
Shmuel I 5:9-12 שמואל א ה׳:ט׳-י״ב
Part of: Chapter 5
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וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי ׀ הֵסַבּוּ אֹתוֹ וַתְּהִי יַד־יְהֹוָה ׀ בָּעִיר מְהוּמָה גְּדוֹלָה מְאֹד וַיַּךְ אֶת־אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר מִקָּטֹן וְעַד־גָּדוֹל וַיִּשָּׂתְרוּ לָהֶם (עפלים) [טְחֹרִֽים]׃
After it was transferred, the hand of Adonoy was [raised] against the city, creating a very great uproar; He struck the people of the city, from the youngest to the oldest, and they were afflicted internally with hemorrhoids.
After it was transferred, the hand of Adonoy was [raised] against the city, creating a very great uproar; He struck the people of the city, from the youngest to the oldest, and they were afflicted internally with hemorrhoids.
Rashi
וַֽיְשַׁלְּחוּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים עֶקְרוֹן וַיְהִי כְּבוֹא אֲרוֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִים עֶקְרוֹן וַיִּזְעֲקוּ הָעֶקְרֹנִים לֵאמֹר הֵסַבּוּ אֵלַי אֶת־אֲרוֹן אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַהֲמִיתֵנִי וְאֶת־עַמִּֽי׃
They then sent the Ark of God to Ekron; and when the Ark of God arrived in Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out saying, "They have transferred to me the Ark of the God of Yisroel, to kill me and my people."
They then sent the Ark of God to Ekron; and when the Ark of God arrived in Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out saying, "They have transferred to me the Ark of the God of Yisroel, to kill me and my people."
וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ וַיַּאַסְפוּ אֶת־כׇּל־סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ שַׁלְּחוּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְיָשֹׁב לִמְקוֹמוֹ וְלֹא־יָמִית אֹתִי וְאֶת־עַמִּי כִּֽי־הָיְתָה מְהֽוּמַת־מָוֶת בְּכׇל־הָעִיר כָּבְדָה מְאֹד יַד הָאֱלֹהִים שָֽׁם׃
They summoned and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines and said [to them], "Send the Ark of the God of Yisroel back to its place and let it not kill me and my people, for there has been deadly upheaval throughout the city; the hand of God was laid very heavily there."
They summoned and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines and said [to them], "Send the Ark of the God of Yisroel back to its place and let it not kill me and my people, for there has been deadly upheaval throughout the city; the hand of God was laid very heavily there."
Rashi
מהומת מות. כל מהומות על ידי רעם, וזה אביהן, (לקמן ז י): וירעם ה' בקול גדול (ביום ההוא) על פלשתים ויהומם, כך מפורש באגדת 'שלשים ושתים מדות' דרבי אליעזר בנו של רבי יוסי הגלילי:
Deadly upheaval. All upheavals [mentioned in Scripture] are caused by thunder. The following is the origin: "Adonoy thundered with a great noise on that day against the Philistines, making them panic.3Below 7:10. It is so explained in the Aggadah of Thirty-Two Rules of R. Eliezer, the son of R. Yose Haglili.
וְהָֽאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־מֵתוּ הֻכּוּ (בעפלים) [בַּטְּחֹרִים] וַתַּעַל שַֽׁוְעַת הָעִיר הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃ {ס}
The people who did not die were afflicted with hemorrhoids, and the cry of the city ascended heavenward.
The people who did not die were afflicted with hemorrhoids, and the cry of the city ascended heavenward.
וישתרו. כמו ויסתרו, שהרי הוא במסורת כתובים שי"ן, ומפורשים בלשון סמ"ך, מכת בית הסתרים:
And they were afflicted internally.וַיִשָֹּתְרוּ is identical with וַיִסָּתְרוּ for it is listed in the Masora among those words written with a 'שֹ' and explained as though it were written with a 'ס' meaning "there was a plague in the hidden parts of the body."2Or it may mean that the plague occurred at night when it was dark and they were unable to see the שְׁרָצִים, i.e., the plague was hidden from them.—Da’as Sofrim