Tanach
Shoftim 21:1-4 שופטים כ״א:א׳-ד׳
Part of: Chapter 21
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וְאִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל נִשְׁבַּע בַּמִּצְפָּה לֵאמֹר אִישׁ מִמֶּנּוּ לֹא־יִתֵּן בִּתּוֹ לְבִנְיָמִן לְאִשָּֽׁה׃
The men of Yisroel took an oath at Mitzpah, saying, "Not a man among us shall give his daughter in marriage to Binyomin."
The men of Yisroel took an oath at Mitzpah, saying, "Not a man among us shall give his daughter in marriage to Binyomin."
וַיָּבֹא הָעָם בֵּֽית־אֵל וַיֵּשְׁבוּ שָׁם עַד־הָעֶרֶב לִפְנֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וַיִּשְׂאוּ קוֹלָם וַיִּבְכּוּ בְּכִי גָדֽוֹל׃
The people came to Beis El, and sat there before God until evening, and wailed and wept a great deal.
The people came to Beis El, and sat there before God until evening, and wailed and wept a great deal.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ לָמָה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיְתָה זֹּאת בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לְהִפָּקֵד הַיּוֹם מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל שֵׁבֶט אֶחָֽד׃
. They cried out, "Why, Adonoy, God of Yisroel, has this happened in Yisroel—that today, a tribe in Yisroel is to be eliminated?"
. They cried out, "Why, Adonoy, God of Yisroel, has this happened in Yisroel—that today, a tribe in Yisroel is to be eliminated?"
Rashi
וַֽיְהִי מִֽמׇּחֳרָת וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ הָעָם וַיִּבְנוּ־שָׁם מִזְבֵּחַ וַיַּעֲלוּ עֹלוֹת וּשְׁלָמִֽים׃ {פ}
It happened, the following day, that the people rose early, built an altar there, and brought olah and Shelamim offerings.
It happened, the following day, that the people rose early, built an altar there, and brought olah and Shelamim offerings.
להפקד. להגרע:
Will be eliminated Removed.1פקד is sometimes translated as “remembered” (Bereishis, 50:25). Here, however, the translation is “removed,” or “eliminated.”