Tanach
Shmuel II 23:20-23 שמואל ב כ״ג:כ׳-כ״ג
Part of: Chapter 23
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וּבְנָיָהוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָע בֶּן־אִֽישׁ־[חַיִל] (חי) רַב־פְּעָלִים מִֽקַּבְצְאֵל הוּא הִכָּה אֵת שְׁנֵי אֲרִאֵל מוֹאָב וְהוּא יָרַד וְהִכָּה אֶֽת־[הָאֲרִי] (האריה) בְּתוֹךְ הַבֹּאר בְּיוֹם הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃
And Venoyohu, the son of Yehoyodoh the son of a warrior, a man of mighty deeds from Kabtzel. He struck down the two Moabite giants and he went down and struck the lion in the well on [that] snowy day:
And Venoyohu, the son of Yehoyodoh the son of a warrior, a man of mighty deeds from Kabtzel. He struck down the two Moabite giants and he went down and struck the lion in the well on [that] snowy day:
Rashi
אריאל מואב. על שם שבנאו שלמה, שבא מרות המואביה:
Moabite giants. Because Shlomo who built it came from Rus the Moabite.22Rashi is explaining the connection that אֲרִיאֵל, a reference to the Beis Hamikdash, has to Moav.
וְהֽוּא־הִכָּה אֶת־אִישׁ מִצְרִי (אשר) [אִישׁ] מַרְאֶה וּבְיַד הַמִּצְרִי חֲנִית וַיֵּרֶד אֵלָיו בַּשָּׁבֶט וַיִּגְזֹל אֶֽת־הַחֲנִית מִיַּד הַמִּצְרִי וַיַּהַרְגֵהוּ בַּחֲנִיתֽוֹ׃
He struck the Egyptian man, a man of [frightening] countenance, and there was a spear in the Egyptian's hand. He [Venoyohu] went down to him [armed] with a stick and stole the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.
He struck the Egyptian man, a man of [frightening] countenance, and there was a spear in the Egyptian's hand. He [Venoyohu] went down to him [armed] with a stick and stole the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear.
אֵלֶּה עָשָׂה בְּנָיָהוּ בֶּן־יְהוֹיָדָע וְלוֹ־שֵׁם בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה הַגִּבֹּרִֽים׃
These things did Benoyohu, the son of Yehoydoh do, his name was best known of the three warriors.
These things did Benoyohu, the son of Yehoydoh do, his name was best known of the three warriors.
מִן־הַשְּׁלֹשִׁים נִכְבָּד וְאֶל־הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה לֹא־בָא וַיְשִׂמֵהוּ דָוִד אֶל־מִשְׁמַעְתּֽוֹ׃ {ס}
Most honoured of the thirty but he did not reach [the status] of the first three. Dovid made him his aide.
Most honoured of the thirty but he did not reach [the status] of the first three. Dovid made him his aide.
Rashi
מן השלשים. כל שלשים שבפרשה זו תירגם יונתן: גבריא:
Of the thirty. Of all thirty in this section. Yonoson translates: "mighty men".23This is how he translates the word שְׁלשִׁים.
את שני אראל מואב. (תרגום:) ית תרין רברבי מואב. ורבותינו אמרו (ברכות יח ב): שלא הניח כמותו, לא במקדש ראשון, ולא במקדש שני:
The two Moabite giants. [Yonoson translates:] "The two Moabite giants." And our Rabbis said, There was no one like him not during the first [Beis] Mikdosh nor during the second [Beis] Mikdosh.21Berochos 18b. Rashi there explains that אֲרִיאֵל is a name used for the Beis Hamikdash.