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5:19

וַיִּשְׁאַל דָּוִד בַּֽיהֹוָה לֵאמֹר הַאֶֽעֱלֶה אֶל־פְּלִשְׁתִּים הֲתִתְּנֵם בְּיָדִי {פ}
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־דָּוִד עֲלֵה כִּֽי־נָתֹן אֶתֵּן אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּים בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃

Dovid asked of Adonoy, saying, "Should I go up [to fight] the Pelishtim? Will they be delivered into my hands?" Adonoy said to Dovid, "Go up, because I will deliver the Pelishtim into your hands."

Dovid asked of Adonoy, saying, "Should I go up [to fight] the Pelishtim? Will they be delivered into my hands?" Adonoy said to Dovid, "Go up, because I will deliver the Pelishtim into your hands."

5:20

וַיָּבֹא דָוִד בְּבַֽעַל־פְּרָצִים וַיַּכֵּם שָׁם דָּוִד וַיֹּאמֶר פָּרַץ יְהֹוָה אֶת־אֹיְבַי לְפָנַי כְּפֶרֶץ מָיִם עַל־כֵּן קָרָא שֵֽׁם־הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בַּעַל פְּרָצִֽים׃

Dovid came into the plain of Perotzim. Dovid smote them there and declared, "Adonoy has shatterred my enemies before me like water bursting over [walls]" Because of this, he called the name of that place the plain of Perotzim

Dovid came into the plain of Perotzim. Dovid smote them there and declared, "Adonoy has shatterred my enemies before me like water bursting over [walls]" Because of this, he called the name of that place the plain of Perotzim

Rashi

בבעל פרצים. מישור פרצים:

Into the plain of Perotzim. The plain of Perotzim

כפרץ מים. כמים הפורצים גדודי השפה:

Like water bursting over [walls]. Like water bursting over the walls edge.

5:21

וַיַּעַזְבוּ שָׁם אֶת־עֲצַבֵּיהֶם וַיִּשָּׂאֵם דָּוִד וַאֲנָשָֽׁיו׃ {פ}

[The Pelishtim] abandoned their idols there and Dovid and his men burnt them.

[The Pelishtim] abandoned their idols there and Dovid and his men burnt them.

Rashi

וישאם דוד. (תרגום:) ואוקידינון דוד וגברוהי:

And Dovid burnt them. Dovid and his men burnt them.

Texts

  • Hebrew: Miqra according to the Masorah · License: CC-BY-SA
  • English: The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J · License: CC-BY
  • Hebrew: On Your Way · License: PD

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