Tanach
Shoftim 20:12-16 שופטים כ׳:י״ב-ט״ז
Part of: Chapter 20
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וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ שִׁבְטֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲנָשִׁים בְּכׇל־שִׁבְטֵי בִנְיָמִן לֵאמֹר מָה הָרָעָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר נִהְיְתָה בָּכֶֽם׃
The tribes of Yisroel dispatched men to all the tribes of Binyomin, saying, "What is this evil that took place in your midst?
The tribes of Yisroel dispatched men to all the tribes of Binyomin, saying, "What is this evil that took place in your midst?
Rashi
וְעַתָּה תְּנוּ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים בְּנֵי־בְלִיַּעַל אֲשֶׁר בַּגִּבְעָה וּנְמִיתֵם וּנְבַעֲרָה רָעָה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא אָבוּ [בְּנֵי] בִנְיָמִן לִשְׁמֹעַ בְּקוֹל אֲחֵיהֶם בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
Now, hand over the scoundrels in Givoh, so that we may execute them, and eradicate evil from Yisroel." But the sons of Binyomin refused to pay heed to the call of their brothers, the Bnei Yisroel.
Now, hand over the scoundrels in Givoh, so that we may execute them, and eradicate evil from Yisroel." But the sons of Binyomin refused to pay heed to the call of their brothers, the Bnei Yisroel.
וַיֵּאָסְפוּ בְנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִן מִן־הֶעָרִים הַגִּבְעָתָה לָצֵאת לַמִּלְחָמָה עִם־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
The sons of Binyomin mobilized from the cities to Givoh, in order to go to war against the Bnei Yisroel.
The sons of Binyomin mobilized from the cities to Givoh, in order to go to war against the Bnei Yisroel.
וַיִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ בְנֵי בִנְיָמִן בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא מֵהֶעָרִים עֶשְׂרִים וְשִׁשָּׁה אֶלֶף אִישׁ שֹׁלֵֽף חָרֶב לְבַד מִיֹּשְׁבֵי הַגִּבְעָה הִתְפָּקְדוּ שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת אִישׁ בָּחֽוּר׃
The sons of Binyomin were counted that day. From the cities: twenty six thousand sabre wielding troops, aside from the inhabitants of Givoh, who numbered seven hundred elite troops.
The sons of Binyomin were counted that day. From the cities: twenty six thousand sabre wielding troops, aside from the inhabitants of Givoh, who numbered seven hundred elite troops.
מִכֹּל ׀ הָעָם הַזֶּה שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת אִישׁ בָּחוּר אִטֵּר יַד־יְמִינוֹ כׇּל־זֶה קֹלֵעַ בָּאֶבֶן אֶל־הַֽשַּׂעֲרָה וְלֹא יַחֲטִֽא׃ {פ}
Of all these people, there were seven hundred elite troops with shriveled right hands. Each of them could hurl a stone at a hair and not miss.
Of all these people, there were seven hundred elite troops with shriveled right hands. Each of them could hurl a stone at a hair and not miss.
Rashi
אטר יד ימינו. גמודי יד ימינם, לא היו שולטים בה כאילו היתה אטומה, כמו (תהלים סט טז): אל תאטר עלי באר פיה:
With shriveled right arms. Their right arms were shrunken. They could not utilize them, as if they were closed, as in "Let not the well close its mouth over me."3Tehilim, 69:16.
כל זה. שבע מאות איש הללו:
Each of them These seven hundred men.
אל השערה. לחוט השער:
At a hair. A strand of hair.
ולא יחטיא. לא ישגה:
And not miss. And not err.
בכל שבטי בנימן. עשרה שבטים נחשבו עשרה משפחותיו, שיהיו מרחל שנים עשר שבטים:
To all the tribes of Binyomin. Their ten clans were considered ten families, so that twelve tribes would emanate from Rochel.2The ten clans and the tribes of Menashe and Efraim.