## Metzudat Zion on Judges Chapter 3

###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:3:1
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**סרני.** ענין שררה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Authority


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:7:1
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**אשרות.** אילן הנעבד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The tree that was worshipped


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:10:1
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**ותעז.** ענין חוזק:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A matter of strength


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:11:1
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**ותשקט.** ענין מנוחה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A matter of Rest


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:15:1
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**אטר.** ענין סגירה, כמו (תהלים סט טז) ואל תאטר עלי באר פיה ורצה לומר: כאלו יד ימינו סגורה, כי לא שלט בה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A matter of contraction as in Psalm 69: 16 "Don't let the mouth of the Pit not close over me." It is to say it is as if his right hand was contracted because he didn't extend it.


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:16:1
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**פיות.** חודה של חרב נקראת פה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
MOUTHS: The sharp side of the sword is called the mouth


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:16:2
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**גמד.** אמה, וכן (יחזקאל כז יא) גמדים במגדלותיך, שרצה לומר, אנשי מדה קצרה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
GOMED: It is a cubit and in Ezekiel 27: 11 "And men of Gammad were stationed in your towers" its to say that these men were short people.


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:16:3
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**למדיו.** למלבושיו, כמו (ויקרא ו ג) מדו בד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
His clothing as in Leviticus 6:3 "linen raiment."


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:16:4
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**ירך.** צד, כמו (ויקרא א יא) ירך המזבח:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
...THIGH: His side as in Leviticus 1:11 "The side of the Altar."


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:17:1
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**בריא.** בעל בשר שמן, וכמו (מלכים א ה ג) עשרה בקר בריאים:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
STOUT: a big fat guy, as in Kings 1:5:3 "Ten stout cows."


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:19:1
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**הפסילים.** מקום שמחליקים שם פני האבנים, כמו (שם שם לב) ויפסלו בני שלמה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Idols: the place where they carve out the face of the stone as in "the sons of Shlomo carved."


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:19:2
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**הס.** ענין שתיקה, כמו (במדבר יג ל) ויהס כלב:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Silence: a matter of quiet as in Numbers 13:30 "Calev was silent."


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:19:3
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**מעליו.** מאצלו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Next to him


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:20:1
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**בעלית.** מלשון עליה, הבנויה ממעל:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
From the language of upper, the upper construction


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:20:2
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**המקרה.** מלשון קור וצינה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
From the language of cold and freezing


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:21:1
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**ויתקעה.** ענין נעיצה ותחיבה, וכן (שמואל ב יח יד) ויתקעם בלב אבשלום:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
And it got stuck: Thrust and insertion. As in Samuel 2:18:14 "and it was thrusted in the heart of Abshalom."


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:22:1
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**הנצב.** הוא יד החרב שמעמיד אותה לעשות מלאכתה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The handle: this is the handle of the sword that it is based on to do its job


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:22:2
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**הלהב.** היא ברזל החרב, כי היא מברקת כלהב כשהיא מרוטה, כמו (נחום ג ג) ולהב חרב:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
the blade: this is the sword because it was shiny like a flame when its unsheathed as in Nachum 3:3 "the flashing sword."


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:22:3
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**שלף.** ענין הוצאה, כמו (יהושע ה יג) וחרבו שלופה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Drawn: taking it out. as in Joshua 5:13 "his drawn sword."


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:22:4
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**הפרשדנה.** הפרש והצואה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The waste: The dung and the excrement.


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:23:1
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**המסדרונה.** היא האכסדרה המסודרת בכסאות לישיבת אנשים:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
This is the portico that is arranged with chairs for people to sit in


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:23:2
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**בעדו.** כנגדו, כמו (בראשית ז טז) ויסגור ה׳ בעדו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
next to him as in Genesis 7:16 "Hashem closed it next to him."


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:23:3
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**ונעל.** רוצה לומר, גם סגרה בהמנעול:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It wants to teach that it was also closed form the lock


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:24:1
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**מסיך.** הוא כנוי לעושה צרכיו, כמו (שמואל א כד ד) ויבא שאול להסך את רגליו, על שם שדרך היושב להפנות, לסכך ולכסות רגליו מחמת צניעות:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
It is a euphemism for reliving himself as an Samuel 1:24:3 "And Saul came to relive himself." Its named this based on the way that he is sitting down and facing. To shut in and to cover his legs because of modesty.


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:25:1
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**ויחילו.** המתינו, כמו (בראשית ח י) ויחל עוד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
They waited as in Genesis 8:10 "He waited longer"


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:25:2
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**בוש.** ענין איחור, כמו (מלכים ב ח יא) וישם עד בוש:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Lateness : as in Kings 2:8:11 "And he kept it for a long time."


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:25:3
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**המפתח.** שם הכלי הפותח המנעול:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The name of the tool that opens something that's locked.


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:26:1
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**עד.** כמו בעוד:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
as "while"


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:26:2
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**התמהמהם.** ענין עכבה, כמו (בראשית מג י) לולא התמהמהנו:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Matter of waiting. As in Genesis 43:10. "If only we had not waited"


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:26:3
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**השעירתה.** שם מקום:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The name of the place


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:30:1
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**ותכנע.** מלשון הכנעה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
from the language of submission


###### Metzudat Zion on Judges 3:31:1
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**במלמד הבקר.** הוא המקל שבראשו, תקועה כעין מחט הנקרא דרבן, ובו מלמד ומורה הבקר לחרישה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Ox Goad: this is the stick that at the top of it has the eye of a needle stuck in it and its called a spur. With it you teach and scare the cattle to plow