Tanach
Shmuel II 3:33-37 שמואל ב ג׳:ל״ג-ל״ז
Part of: Chapter 3
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וַיְקֹנֵן הַמֶּלֶךְ אֶל־אַבְנֵר וַיֹּאמַר הַכְּמוֹת נָבָל יָמוּת אַבְנֵֽר׃
The king lamented over Avner and said, "Should Avner have died the death of the wicked?
The king lamented over Avner and said, "Should Avner have died the death of the wicked?
Rashi
יָדֶךָ לֹא־אֲסֻרוֹת וְרַגְלֶיךָ לֹא־לִנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם הֻגָּשׁוּ כִּנְפוֹל לִפְנֵי בְנֵֽי־עַוְלָה נָפָלְתָּ וַיֹּסִפוּ כׇל־הָעָם לִבְכּוֹת עָלָֽיו׃
Your hands were not bound, your feet were not put into bronze chains. Like those who fell before treacherous men you have fallen." All the people continued to cry over him.
Your hands were not bound, your feet were not put into bronze chains. Like those who fell before treacherous men you have fallen." All the people continued to cry over him.
Rashi
ידיך לא אסורות. היו ואיך נפל גבור כמותך לפני בני עולה:
Your hands were not bound.21This word belong with the three hebrew words in the headline, Rashi is filling the word that’s missing from the verse, the verb “were.” How could a mighty soldier such as you fall before treacherous men.
וַיָּבֹא כׇל־הָעָם לְהַבְרוֹת אֶת־דָּוִד לֶחֶם בְּעוֹד הַיּוֹם וַיִּשָּׁבַע דָּוִד לֵאמֹר כֹּה יַֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּי אֱלֹהִים וְכֹה יֹסִיף כִּי אִם־לִפְנֵי בוֹא־הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ אֶטְעַם־לֶחֶם אוֹ כׇל־מְאֽוּמָה׃
All the people came to offer Dovid [the mourner's] bread while it was still daytime. Dovid swore saying, "Such should Elokim do to me and even more so if, before sunset, I should taste bread or anything else."
All the people came to offer Dovid [the mourner's] bread while it was still daytime. Dovid swore saying, "Such should Elokim do to me and even more so if, before sunset, I should taste bread or anything else."
Rashi
להברות. לשון סעודה:
To feed. [This is] language [denoting] a meal.
וְכׇל־הָעָם הִכִּירוּ וַיִּיטַב בְּעֵינֵיהֶם כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּעֵינֵי כׇל־הָעָם טֽוֹב׃
All the people recognized [that Dovid wasn't involved] and [this] was good in their eyes. Everything the king did was good in the eyes of all the people.
All the people recognized [that Dovid wasn't involved] and [this] was good in their eyes. Everything the king did was good in the eyes of all the people.
וַיֵּדְעוּ כׇל־הָעָם וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כִּי לֹא הָֽיְתָה מֵֽהַמֶּלֶךְ לְהָמִית אֶת־אַבְנֵר בֶּן־נֵֽר׃ {ס}
All of the people and all Yisroel knew on that day that it was not [an order] from the king to kill Avner, the son of Ner.
All of the people and all Yisroel knew on that day that it was not [an order] from the king to kill Avner, the son of Ner.
הכמות נבל. הכמות רשע בחרב:
The death of someone wicked. Like the death by sword of a wicked person.