Tanach
Shmuel I 8:1-3 שמואל א ח׳:א׳-ג׳
Part of: Chapter 8
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וַיְהִי כַּאֲשֶׁר זָקֵן שְׁמוּאֵל וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת־בָּנָיו שֹׁפְטִים לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
When Shmuel became old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Yisroel.
When Shmuel became old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Yisroel.
וַיְהִי שֶׁם־בְּנוֹ הַבְּכוֹר יוֹאֵל וְשֵׁם מִשְׁנֵהוּ אֲבִיָּה שֹׁפְטִים בִּבְאֵר שָֽׁבַע׃
The name of his firstborn son was Yoeil and the name of his second was Aviyah; they were judges in Beer Sheva.
The name of his firstborn son was Yoeil and the name of his second was Aviyah; they were judges in Beer Sheva.
וְלֹֽא־הָלְכוּ בָנָיו בִּדְרָכָו וַיִּטּוּ אַחֲרֵי הַבָּצַע וַיִּקְחוּ־שֹׁחַד וַיַּטּוּ מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ {פ}
But his sons did not follow his ways. They were swayed after graft, took bribes and perverted justice.
But his sons did not follow his ways. They were swayed after graft, took bribes and perverted justice.
Rashi
ויטו. דבר אחר, דהיינו המשפט ורבותינו אמרו (שבת נו א): לא חטאו בני שמואל, אלא לא הלכו בדרכי אביהן, שהיה מחזר בכל מקומות ישראל ושופטן בעריהן, והם לא עשו כן, כדי להרבות שכר לחזניהם ולסופריהם:
[They] perverted. Something else, i.e., justice.2וַיַטּוּ is in the הִפֽעִיל [causative] form. Our Rabbis said3Maseches Shabbos 56a. that Shmuel's sons did not sin. They merely did not follow in their father's ways. Their father would travel to all places in Yisroel, and judge them in their cities. But they did not do so,4They did not travel, but rather settled in בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע and would summon litigants to their court. Because the litigants had to pay additional travel expenses to go to בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, many chose to forgo their claims and thereby corrupting the justice system. in order to increase the income of their agents and scribes.
ויטו. הם עצמם:
They were swayed. Themselves.1 וַיִטּוּ is in the קַל [simple] form.