מלכים ב ה׳:כ׳-ו׳:ז׳

מאומה. חסר אל"ף, לפי שהיתה לקיחה זו למום:

Something. The ‘א’ is missing,¹⁴The word “מְאוּמָה” is written “מוּמָה,” without the ‘א.’ מוּם means a flaw. As a result of this taking, he was stricken with Na’amon’s flaw, that of tzora’as. because this taking was [responsible for his being stricken with] a flaw [=[מום.

ויפול. ואתרכין:

And he jumped off. [Targum Yonoson renders,] “and he leaned over.”¹⁵This expression is similar to the one in Bereishis 24:64 pertaining to Rivkah.

הואל. השבע ששלחך:

“Please.” Swear that he sent you.¹⁶Na’amon asked him to swear because he did not believe that Elisha changed his mind. Alternatively, הוֹאֵל means “agree.”—Metzudas Tzion

בשני חרטים. מיני בגדים וסודרין, כמו (שם ג כב): המטפחות והחריטים, כך חברו מנחם. אבל יונתן תרגם זה 'פלדסין', ואת שבספר ישעיהו תרגם 'מחכיא' והפותרין אומרין: בשני חריטים, בשני כיסין ארוכים, פירדיי"ש בלע"ז:

In two bags. Types of garments and kerchiefs, as in, “and the kerchiefs and the pouches [=חֲרִיטִים].”¹⁷Yeshayahu 3:22. Menachem classified it thus. But [Targum] Yonoson rendered this as “פַּלְדָּסִין [=sheets],” and the one [חֲרִיטִים] in the Book of Yeshayahu, [he rendered] as “מְחַכַּיָּא [=a plate covering the genitals].” The exegetes say that “בִּשְׁנֵי חֲרִיטֵי,” means “in two long pockets,” brides, in O.F.

אל שני נעריו. של נעמן:

His two servants. Na’amon’s.

וישאו לפניו. לפני גחזי:

And they carried them before him. Before Geichazi.

ויבא אל העופל. תרגם יונתן: לאתר כסי:

And he came to a concealed place. [Targum] Yonoson rendered, “to a hidden place.”¹⁸Alternatively, עֹפֶל means “a stronghold,” a secure place.—Radak

ויקח מידם. מיד שני נערי נעמן:

And took from their hands. From the hands of Na’amon’s two servants.

וישלח את האנשים. שלא יראה אותם אלישע:

And he dismissed the men so that Elisha would not see them.

העת לקחת את הכסף. להתעשר, ולקחת ממנו בגדים וזיתים וגו':

Was that the time to take silver. To become wealthy, and to buy with it clothing and olive [trees], etc.

ויאמרו בני הנביאים. נסים שנעשו לו מסדר והולך רבותינו אמרו (סוטה מז א): מכאן שהיה גיחזי דוחה התלמידים מלפניו, וכשנטרד באו תלמידים רבים, ונדחק המקום מהם:

The disciples of the prophets said. The miracles that were performed through him, he continues to list. Our Rabbis said, that from here [we deduce] that Geichazi would reject the students [who came] before him,¹I.e., many of the students who came previously, found Geichazi’s behavior and bad character repulsive and did not stay while he was around. and when he was banished, many students came, and the place became cramped on account of them.²See Maseches Sotah 47a.

הואל. התרצה:

Agree. Be willing.

ואת הברזל. הנסורת:

The iron [ax blade]. The ax head.

והוא שאול. שאלתיו, ואין לי ממה לשלם:

It is borrowed. I borrowed it, and I have no funds to pay [for it].

ויצף. צף על המים:

Floated up. Floated upon the water.³Elisha cut a new handle to fit the head of the ax and threw it into the water. The new handle found the hole in the blade, went into it, and floated back up with the blade attached.—Radak