Tanach
Shoftim 7:9-14 שופטים ז׳:ט׳-י״ד
Part of: Chapter 7
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וַֽיְהִי בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו יְהֹוָה קוּם רֵד בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה כִּי נְתַתִּיו בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃
It happened that night: Adonoy commanded him, "Rise up, and swoop down on the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
It happened that night: Adonoy commanded him, "Rise up, and swoop down on the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
וְאִם־יָרֵא אַתָּה לָרֶדֶת רֵד אַתָּה וּפֻרָה נַעַרְךָ אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
If you are too frightened to descend, go down alone with your page, Purah to the camp.
If you are too frightened to descend, go down alone with your page, Purah to the camp.
וְשָֽׁמַעְתָּ מַה־יְדַבֵּרוּ וְאַחַר תֶּחֱזַקְנָה יָדֶיךָ וְיָרַדְתָּ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶה וַיֵּרֶד הוּא וּפֻרָה נַעֲרוֹ אֶל־קְצֵה הַחֲמֻשִׁים אֲשֶׁר בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
Listen to what they are saying, and afterward, be firm handed, and swoop down on the camp." He went down alone, with his page, Purah, to the periphery of the armed men at the camp.
Listen to what they are saying, and afterward, be firm handed, and swoop down on the camp." He went down alone, with his page, Purah, to the periphery of the armed men at the camp.
וּמִדְיָן וַעֲמָלֵק וְכׇל־בְּנֵי־קֶדֶם נֹפְלִים בָּעֵמֶק כָּאַרְבֶּה לָרֹב וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם אֵין מִסְפָּר כַּחוֹל שֶׁעַל־שְׂפַת הַיָּם לָרֹֽב׃
Midyon, Amoleik, and all the Eastern peoples lay in the valley, as thick as locusts. Their camels were innumerable, as abundant as sand at the sea beach.
Midyon, Amoleik, and all the Eastern peoples lay in the valley, as thick as locusts. Their camels were innumerable, as abundant as sand at the sea beach.
Rashi
וַיָּבֹא גִדְעוֹן וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ מְסַפֵּר לְרֵעֵהוּ חֲלוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה חֲלוֹם חָלַמְתִּי וְהִנֵּה צְלִיל לֶחֶם שְׂעֹרִים מִתְהַפֵּךְ בְּמַחֲנֵה מִדְיָן וַיָּבֹא עַד־הָאֹהֶל וַיַּכֵּהוּ וַיִּפֹּל וַיַּהַפְכֵהוּ לְמַעְלָה וְנָפַל הָאֹֽהֶל׃
Gidon came close, and behold a man was describing a dream to his friend. He said, "Look, I had a dream, and there was a toasted barley bread careening into the Midyonite camp; It reached a tent and hit it, and it collapsed. Then it overturned it, and the tent flattened."
Gidon came close, and behold a man was describing a dream to his friend. He said, "Look, I had a dream, and there was a toasted barley bread careening into the Midyonite camp; It reached a tent and hit it, and it collapsed. Then it overturned it, and the tent flattened."
Rashi
צליל. צלול כתיב, שהיה הדור צלול מן הצדיקים:
Toasted. The written text is צׇלוּל, "clear".5Occasionally, the written Scriptural text, כְתַב, differs from the the spoken text, קֽרִי. Rashi notes that this is the case here, where the written text is צׇלוּל, while the spoken text is צְלִיל, “toasted”. The generation was cleared of righteous men.
צליל לחם שערים. (תרגום:) חרר דלחם שעורים, חררה שאופין על הגחלים:
A toasted barley bread. A loaf of barley bread. A loaf toasted over coals.
לחם שערים. הוא זכות העומר הקרב בפסח:
Barley bread. This represents the merit of the Omer offering, which was brought on Pesach.6 On the second day of Pesach. The offering consisted of barley meal. (Vayikra, 23:11,16. See Rashi there. Cf. Rashi above, 6:19).
ויכהו ויפל. האהל: ויהפכהו. האהל מלמטה למעלה, ונפל האהל:
And hit it, and it collapsed (the tent), then it overturned the tent, completely overturned, and the tent collapsed.
וַיַּעַן רֵעֵהוּ וַיֹּאמֶר אֵין זֹאת בִּלְתִּי אִם־חֶרֶב גִּדְעוֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָשׁ אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל נָתַן הָאֱלֹהִים בְּיָדוֹ אֶת־מִדְיָן וְאֶת־כׇּל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ {פ}
His friend replied, saying, "This can be nothing but the sword of Gidon ben Yoash, the man of Yisroel. Adonoy has delivered into his hand Midyon and the entire camp."
His friend replied, saying, "This can be nothing but the sword of Gidon ben Yoash, the man of Yisroel. Adonoy has delivered into his hand Midyon and the entire camp."
נפלים בעמק. שוכנים בעמק:
Lay in the valley. Were stationed in the valley.