Tanach
Shoftim 10:11-16 שופטים י׳:י״א-ט״ז
Part of: Chapter 10
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וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הֲלֹא מִמִּצְרַיִם וּמִן־הָאֱמֹרִי וּמִן־בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן וּמִן־פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
Adonoy said to the Bnei Yisroel, "Was it not Mitzrayim, and the Emorites, and the Bnei Ammon, and the Pelishtites.
Adonoy said to the Bnei Yisroel, "Was it not Mitzrayim, and the Emorites, and the Bnei Ammon, and the Pelishtites.
Rashi
וְצִידוֹנִים וַֽעֲמָלֵק וּמָעוֹן לָחֲצוּ אֶתְכֶם וַתִּצְעֲקוּ אֵלַי וָאוֹשִׁיעָה אֶתְכֶם מִיָּדָֽם׃
And the Tzidonites, and Amoleik and Maon who oppressed you? And when you cried out to Me, I rescued you from their hands.
And the Tzidonites, and Amoleik and Maon who oppressed you? And when you cried out to Me, I rescued you from their hands.
Rashi
ומעון. שם אומה:
And Maon. The name of a nation.7But not, as generally translated, “a dwelling place.”
וְאַתֶּם עֲזַבְתֶּם אוֹתִי וַתַּעַבְדוּ אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים לָכֵן לֹֽא־אוֹסִיף לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶתְכֶֽם׃
Yet you have abandoned Me, and worshiped other gods. I shall, therefore, no longer rescue you.
Yet you have abandoned Me, and worshiped other gods. I shall, therefore, no longer rescue you.
לְכוּ וְזַֽעֲקוּ אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר בְּחַרְתֶּם בָּם הֵמָּה יוֹשִׁיעוּ לָכֶם בְּעֵת צָרַתְכֶֽם׃
Go on, cry out to the gods whom you prefer. Let them rescue you in your time of agony."
Go on, cry out to the gods whom you prefer. Let them rescue you in your time of agony."
וַיֹּאמְרוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהֹוָה חָטָאנוּ עֲשֵֽׂה־אַתָּה לָנוּ כְּכׇל־הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֶיךָ אַךְ הַצִּילֵנוּ נָא הַיּוֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
The Bnei Yisroel said to Adonoy, "We have sinned! Do with us as you see fit, but please, save us today!"
The Bnei Yisroel said to Adonoy, "We have sinned! Do with us as you see fit, but please, save us today!"
וַיָּסִירוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵי הַנֵּכָר מִקִּרְבָּם וַיַּעַבְדוּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה וַתִּקְצַר נַפְשׁוֹ בַּעֲמַל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ {פ}
They purged themselves of their alien idols, and worshiped Adonoy, and His soul was grieved at Yisroel's anguish.
They purged themselves of their alien idols, and worshiped Adonoy, and His soul was grieved at Yisroel's anguish.
Rashi
ותקצר נפשו בעמל. כביכול לא היה רחבת מקום לסבול ולכנס שם צרה שהיה לו בעמל ישראל:
Could not contain Himself at [Yisroel's] anguish. As if one could depict God as lacking the space to bear and encompass His pain at Yisroel's anguish.
הלא ממצרים. שבע תשועות יש כאן, כנגד שבע עבודות זרות שהיו עובדים:
Was it not from Mitzrayim. There are seven salvations here, corresponding with the seven pagan gods they worshiped.6V. 6. See Rashi there.