Tanach
Yoel 4:9-17 יואל ד׳:ט׳-י״ז
Part of: Chapter 4
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קִרְאוּ־זֹאת בַּגּוֹיִם קַדְּשׁוּ מִלְחָמָה הָעִירוּ הַגִּבּוֹרִים יִגְּשׁוּ יַֽעֲלוּ כֹּל אַנְשֵׁי הַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃
Proclaim this among the nations; Prepare war, stir up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
Proclaim this among the nations; Prepare war, stir up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
Rashi
כֹּתּוּ אִתֵּיכֶם לַחֲרָבוֹת וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶם לִרְמָחִים הַֽחַלָּשׁ יֹאמַר גִּבּוֹר אָֽנִי׃
beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.
Rashi
אִתֵּיכֶם. קלטר״ש בְּלַעַ״ז:
your plowshares Heb. אִתֵּיכֶם, koltres in O.F:, colters.
וּמַזְמְרוֹתֵיכֶם. שרפש״א בְּלַעַ״ז:
and your pruning hooks Heb. וּמַזְמְרוֹתֵיכֶם, serpes in French.
עוּשׁוּ וָבֹאוּ כׇֽל־הַגּוֹיִם מִסָּבִיב וְנִקְבָּצוּ שָׁמָּה הַֽנְחַת יְהֹוָה גִּבּוֹרֶֽיךָ׃
Hasten, and come, all you nations, and gather yourselves together round about: cause Thy mighty ones to come down there, O Lord.
Hasten, and come, all you nations, and gather yourselves together round about: cause Thy mighty ones to come down there, O Lord.
Rashi
עוּשׁוּ. כְּמוֹ ׳חוּשׁוּ׳ כָּךְ חִבְּרוֹ מְנַחֵם. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם ״יִתְכַּנְּשׁוּן״, וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁהוּא לְשׁוֹן ׳עֶשֶׁת בַּרְזֶל׳ הַמְכֻנָּס יַחַד מש״א בְּלַעַ״ז וְאֵין תָּי״ו בּוֹ יְסוֹד:
Gather Heb. עוּשׁוּ. Like חוּשוּ, hasten, so did Menahem associate it. Jonathan, however, renders: they shall gather, and I say that it is an expression of a block of iron (עֶשֶת), which is gathered together, masse in French, and the “tav” is not a radical.
שָׁמָּה הִנְחַת ה׳ גִּבּוֹרֶיךָ. שָׁם בִּקְבוּצַת עֵמֶק יְהוֹשָׁפָט יִשְׁבּוֹר גְּבוּרַתְכֶם כֵּן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן. וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ אִם לְשׁוֹן אֲרָמִי הוֹרָדָה אוֹ לְשׁוֹן חֲתַת וְהַנּוּ״ן בּוֹ נוֹפֵל כְּמוֹ (דניאל ב:כה) ״הַנְעֵל לְדָנִיֵּאל קֳדָם מַלְכָּא״, שֶׁאֵין בּוֹ אוֹת שֹׁרֶשׁ אֶלָּא עַל:
there the Lord shall break your mighty men Heb. הַנְחַת. There in the gathering of the Valley of Jehoshaphat, He will break your might. So did Jonathan render it, but I do not know whether it is an Aramaic expression of lowering (נחת) or an expression of breaking (חתת), and the “nun” is defective. Cf. (Dan. 2:25) “brought Daniel in (הנְעַל) before the king,” which has no radical but על.
יֵעוֹרוּ וְיַעֲלוּ הַגּוֹיִם אֶל־עֵמֶק יְהוֹשָׁפָט כִּי שָׁם אֵשֵׁב לִשְׁפֹּט אֶת־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִם מִסָּבִֽיב׃
Let the nations be stirred up, and come up to the valley of Yehoshafat: for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
Let the nations be stirred up, and come up to the valley of Yehoshafat: for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.
שִׁלְחוּ מַגָּל כִּי בָשַׁל קָצִיר בֹּאֽוּ רְדוּ כִּֽי־מָלְאָה גַּת הֵשִׁיקוּ הַיְקָבִים כִּי רַבָּה רָעָתָֽם׃
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, tread down; for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, tread down; for the press is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great.
Rashi
שִׁלְחוּ מַגָּל וְגוֹ׳. שִׁלְחוּ חֲרָבוֹת אוֹתָם הַהוֹלְכִים בִּשְׁלִיחוּתִי לְחַבֵּל אֶת אוֹיְבֵי ה׳:
Stretch out a sickle etc.—Draw the swords, you who go on My mission to destroy the nations.
כִּי בָשַׁל קָצִיר. כְּלוֹמַר כִּי הִגִּיעַ עִתָּם וְדִמָּה הַדָּבָר לְקָצִיר שֶׁקּוֹצְרִים אוֹתוֹ בְּמַגָּלוֹת כְּשֶׁגָּמַר בִּשּׁוּלוֹ:
for the harvest is ripe—I.e, for their time has arrived, and he compared the matter to harvest, which is harvested with sickles when it becomes completely ripe.
בֹּאוּ רְדוּ כִּי מָלְאָה גַת. מִן הָעֲנָבִים בֹּאוּ וְדִרְכוּ אוֹתָם כְּלוֹמַר נִתְמַלָּא סְאַת עֲוֹנָם. רְדוּ לְשׁוֹן כְּבִישָׁה וְרִדּוּי כְּמוֹ ״וּרְדוּ בִדְגַת הַיָּם״ (בראשית א:כח):
come press for the winepress is full—of grapes. Come and tread them; i.e., the measure of their iniquity is full. press Heb. רְדוּ, an expression of pressing [or ruling]. Cf. (Gen. 1:28) “And rule (וּרְדוּ) over the fish of the sea.”
הֵשִׁיקוּ הַיְקָבִים. קוֹל קִלּוּחַ הַיְקָבִים הַיּוֹרֵד תּוֹךְ הַבּוֹר שֶׁלִּפְנֵי הַגִּתּוֹת נִשְׁמָע:
and the vats shall roar—The sound of the stream of the wine going down in the vats before the winepresses is heard.
הֲמוֹנִים הֲמוֹנִים בְּעֵמֶק הֶחָרוּץ כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם יְהֹוָה בְּעֵמֶק הֶחָרֽוּץ׃
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.
Rashi
בְּעֵמֶק הֶחָרוּץ. שֶׁשָּׁם חָרוּץ שֶׁהַמִּשְׁפָּט אֱמֶת וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן ״מֵישַׁר פִּלּוּג דִּינָא״:
in the valley of decision—For there it is decided that the judgment is true. And so did Jonathan render: the valley of judgment.
שֶׁמֶשׁ וְיָרֵחַ קָדָרוּ וְכוֹכָבִים אָסְפוּ נׇגְהָֽם׃
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
The sun and the moon are darkened, and the stars withdraw their shining.
Rashi
אָסְפוּ נָגְהָם. הִכְנִיסוּ אוֹרָם:
have withdrawn their shining—Have taken in their shining.
וַיהֹוָה מִצִּיּוֹן יִשְׁאָג וּמִירוּשָׁלַ͏ִם יִתֵּן קוֹלוֹ וְרָעֲשׁוּ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ וַֽיהֹוָה מַחֲסֶה לְעַמּוֹ וּמָעוֹז לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And the Lord roars out of Żiyyon, and utters his voice from Yerushalayim; and the heavens and the earth shake: but the Lord will be a shelter for his people, and a stronghold for the children of Yisra᾽el.
And the Lord roars out of Żiyyon, and utters his voice from Yerushalayim; and the heavens and the earth shake: but the Lord will be a shelter for his people, and a stronghold for the children of Yisra᾽el.
Rashi
מִצִּיּוֹן יִשְׁאָג. מִמַּה שֶּׁעָשׂוּ לְצִיּוֹן:
shall roar from Zion—Because of what they did to Zion.
וְרָעֲשׁוּ שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. יִפָּרַע מִשָּׂרִים שֶׁל מַעְלָה (שָׂרֵי הַכַּשְׂדִּים) וְאַחַר כָּךְ מִן (הַכַּשְׂדִּים):
and the heavens and earth shall quake—He will deal retribution upon the heavenly princes and then upon the nations.
מַחֲסֶה. לְשׁוֹן ׳כִּסּוּי׳, וּבְלַעַ״ז אבריאיי״ל:
a shelter Heb. מַחֲסֶה, an expression of a cover, abrier in O.F., abri in modern French, a shelter.
וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי אֲנִי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם שֹׁכֵן בְּצִיּוֹן הַר־קׇדְשִׁי וְהָיְתָה יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם קֹדֶשׁ וְזָרִים לֹא־יַֽעַבְרוּ־בָהּ עֽוֹד׃ {ס}
So shall you know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Żiyyon, my holy mountain: then shall Yerushalayim be holy, and no strangers shall pass through her any more.
So shall you know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Żiyyon, my holy mountain: then shall Yerushalayim be holy, and no strangers shall pass through her any more.
קַדְּשׁוּ מִלְחָמָה. אִם תּוּכְלוּן אַתֶּם לְהִלָּחֵם כְּנֶגְדִּי:
prepare war—if you can wage war against Me.