Tanach
Shmuel II 19:1-5 שמואל ב י״ט:א׳-ה׳
Part of: Chapter 19
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וַיִּרְגַּז הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיַּעַל עַל־עֲלִיַּת הַשַּׁעַר וַיֵּבְךְּ וְכֹה ׀ אָמַר בְּלֶכְתּוֹ בְּנִי אַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּנִי בְנִי אַבְשָׁלוֹם מִֽי־יִתֵּן מוּתִי אֲנִי תַחְתֶּיךָ אַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּנִי בְנִֽי׃
The king began to tremble and went up to the room over the gate and wept. And this is what he said as he went, "My son Avsholom. My son, my son Avsholom. If only I had died instead of you. Avsholom my son, my son.
The king began to tremble and went up to the room over the gate and wept. And this is what he said as he went, "My son Avsholom. My son, my son Avsholom. If only I had died instead of you. Avsholom my son, my son.
Rashi
וַיֻּגַּד לְיוֹאָב הִנֵּה הַמֶּלֶךְ בֹּכֶה וַיִּתְאַבֵּל עַל־אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
It was told to Yoav that the king was crying and mourning over Avsholom.
It was told to Yoav that the king was crying and mourning over Avsholom.
וַתְּהִי הַתְּשֻׁעָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לְאֵבֶל לְכׇל־הָעָם כִּֽי־שָׁמַע הָעָם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לֵאמֹר נֶעֱצַב הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל־בְּנֽוֹ׃
The victory of that day was turned into mourning for all of the people because the people heard on that day saying, "The king grieves over his son."
The victory of that day was turned into mourning for all of the people because the people heard on that day saying, "The king grieves over his son."
וַיִּתְגַּנֵּב הָעָם בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא לָבוֹא הָעִיר כַּאֲשֶׁר יִתְגַּנֵּב הָעָם הַנִּכְלָמִים בְּנוּסָם בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
On that day the people entered the city discreetly like people silent and ashamed from having fled from battle.
On that day the people entered the city discreetly like people silent and ashamed from having fled from battle.
וְהַמֶּלֶךְ לָאַט אֶת־פָּנָיו וַיִּזְעַק הַמֶּלֶךְ קוֹל גָּדוֹל בְּנִי אַבְשָׁלוֹם אַבְשָׁלוֹם בְּנִי בְנִֽי׃ {ס}
The king covered his face and the king cried out loudly, "My son Avsholom, Avsholom my son, my son.
The king covered his face and the king cried out loudly, "My son Avsholom, Avsholom my son, my son.
Rashi
לאט את פניו. (תרגום:) כריך ית צזפוהי, כמשפט האבלים:
Covered his face. [Yononson translates:] "Covered his face" in the manner of mourners.
לאט. כמו (מלכים-א יט יג): וילט פניו באדרתו ; (שמואל-א כא י): הנה היא לוטה בשמלה:
Covered. As [we find]: "He wrapped his face with his coat",3Melochim I, 19:13. "It is wrapped up in a cloth".4Shmuel I, 21:10.
בני בני. שמנה פעמים, אמרו רבותינו (סוטה י ב): שבעה דאסקיה משבעה מדורי גיהנם, וחד דאייתיה לעלמא דאתי:
My son, my son. Eight times.1Dovid said the word בְּנִי eight times, five times in this verse and another three times later in verse 5. Our Rabbis said,2Sotah 10b. Seven of those times to lift him out of the seven levels of Gehennom and one to to bring him into the World to Come.