## Onkelos Exodus Chapter 17

###### Onkelos Exodus 17:1
[Onkelos Exodus 17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:1)

וּנְטָלוּ כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא דִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִמַדְבְּרָא דְסִין לְמַטְלָנֵיהוֹן עַל מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ וּשְׁרוֹ בִּרְפִידִים וְלֵית מַיָא לְמִשְׁתֵּי עַמָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The entire community of B’nei Yisrael journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, traveling according to the word of Adonoy. They camped in Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink.


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:2
[Onkelos Exodus 17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:2)

וּנְצָא עַמָא עִם משֶׁה וַאֲמָרוּ הָבוּ לָנָא מַיָא וְנִשְׁתֵּי וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן משֶׁה מָה אַתּוּן נָצָן עִמִי מָה מְנַסוּן אַתּוּן **קֳדָם** יְיָ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The people quarreled with Moshe, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moshe said to them, “Why are you quarreling with me? Why are you testing [**before**] Adonoy?”


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:3
[Onkelos Exodus 17:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:3)

וּצְחִי תַמָן עַמָא לְמַיָא וְאִתְרַעַם עַמָא עַל משֶׁה וַאֲמַר לְמָא דְנַן אַסֶקְתָּנָא מִמִצְרַיִם לְקַטָלָא יָתִי וְיָת בְּנַי וְיָת בְּעִירַי בְּצָחוּתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The people were suffering thirst for [the lack of] water, and the people complained against Moshe and said, “Why did you bring us up from Egypt—to kill me and my children, and my livestock with thirst?”


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:4
[Onkelos Exodus 17:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:4)

**וְצַלִי** משֶׁה **קֳדָם** יְיָ לְמֵימַר מָא אֶעְבֵּד לְעַמָא הָדֵין עוֹד זְעֵיר פּוֹן וְיִרְגְמֻנָנִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe cried out to [**prayed before**] Adonoy saying, “What shall I do for this people? Before long they will stone me.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:5
[Onkelos Exodus 17:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:5)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה עִבַּר קֳדָם עַמָא וּדְבַר עִמָךְ מִסָבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְחֻטְרָךְ דִי מָחֵיתָא בֵהּ יָת נַהֲרָא סַב בִּידָךְ וְתֵיזִל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Pass to the front of the people and take with you the elders of the [B’nei] Yisrael. The staff with which you struck the river; take in to your hand, and go.


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:6
[Onkelos Exodus 17:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:6)

הָא אֲנָא קָאֵם קֳדָמָךְ תַּמָן עַל טִנָרָא בְּחוֹרֵב וְתִמְחֵי בְטִנָרָא וְיִפְּקוּן מִנֵהּ מַיָא וְיִשְׁתֵּי עַמָא וַעֲבַד כֵּן משֶׁה לְעֵינֵי סָבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Choreiv. You shall strike the rock and water will come out of it, and the people [will be able] to drink. Moshe did this in the sight [presence] of the elders of the [B’nei] Yisrael.


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:7
[Onkelos Exodus 17:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:7)

וּקְרָא שְׁמָא דְאַתְרָא נִסֵיתָא וּמַצוּתָא עַל דִנְצוֹ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל דְנַסִיאוּ **קֳדָם** יְיָ לְמֵימַר הֲאִית **שְׁכִינְתָּא דַ**יְיָ בֵּינָנָא אִם לָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He [Moshe] named the place Massah and Merivah because the B’nei Yisrael had quarreled [Merivah] and because they had tested [Massah] [**before**] Adonoy, saying, “Is [**the Shechina of**] Adonoy among us or not?”


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:8
[Onkelos Exodus 17:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:8)

וַאֲתָא עֲמָלֵק וַאֲגַח קְרָבָא עִם יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּרְפִידִם:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Amaleik came and fought [**a war**] with [B’nei] Yisrael in Rephidim.


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:9
[Onkelos Exodus 17:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:9)

וַאֲמַר משֶׁה לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּחַר לָנָא גֻבְרִין וּפוּק **אֲגַח קְרָבָא** בַּעֲמָלֵק מְחָר אֲנָא קָאֵם עַל רֵישׁ רָמָתָא וְחוּטְרָא דְ**אִתְעֲבִידוּ בֵהּ נִסִין מִן קֳדָם** יְיָ בִּידִי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe said to Yehoshua, “Choose men for us and go out to battle [**fight a war with**] Amaleik. Tomorrow, I will stand on top of the hill with the staff [**with which miracles were performed from before**] of God in my hand.”


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:10
[Onkelos Exodus 17:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:10)

וַעֲבַד יְהוֹשֻׁעַ כְּמָא דְאֲמַר לֵהּ משֶׁה **לְאַגָחָא קְרָבָא** בַּעֲמָלֵק וּמשֶׁה אַהֲרֹן וְחוּר סְלִיקוּ לְרֵישׁ רָמָתָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yehoshua did as Moshe told him—to battle [**fight a war with**] Amaleik. Moshe, Aharon and Chur went up to the top of the hill.


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:11
[Onkelos Exodus 17:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:11)

וַהֲוָא כַּד מֵרִים משֶׁה יְדוֹהִי וּמִתְגַבְּרִין **דְבֵית** יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכַד מַנַח יְדוֹהִי וּמִתְגַבְּרִין **דְבֵית** עֲמָלֵק:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
When Moshe raised his hand, [**(the fighters) of the House of**] [B’nei] Yisrael prevailed; but when he let his hand down [to rest] [**(the fighters) of the House of**] Amaleik prevailed.


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:12
[Onkelos Exodus 17:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:12)

וִידֵי משֶׁה יְקָרָן וּנְסִיבוּ אַבְנָא וְשַׁוִיאוּ תְחוֹתוֹהִי וִיתֵב עֲלַהּ וְאַהֲרֹן וְחוּר סַעְדָן בִּידוֹהִי מִכָּא חַד וּמִכָּא חַד וַהֲוָה יְדוֹהִי **פְּרִיסָן בִּצְלוֹ** עַד דְעַל שִׁמְשָׁא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe’s hands became heavy. They took a stone and placed it under him and he sat upon it. Aharon and Chur supported his hands, one of them on one side and one on the other side. His hands remained an expression of faith [as he prayed] [**were spread in prayer**] until sunset.


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:13
[Onkelos Exodus 17:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:13)

**וְתַבַּר** יְהוֹשֻׁעַ יָת עֲמָלֵק וְיָת עַמֵהּ **לְפִתְגָם** דְחָרֶב:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Yehoshua weakened [**crushed**] Amaleik and his people with the edge [**word**] of the sword.


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:14
[Onkelos Exodus 17:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:14)

וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה כְּתָב דָא דוּכְרָנָא בְּסִפְרָא וְשַׁוִי **קֳדָם** יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֲרֵי מִמְחָא אֶמְחֵי יָת דוּכְרָנָא דַעֲמָלֵק מִתְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy said to Moshe, “Write this as a remembrance in the Book, [the Torah] and repeat it in [**before**] Yehoshua’s ears, for I will totally obliterate the memory of Amaleik from under the heavens.


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:15
[Onkelos Exodus 17:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:15)

וּבְנָא משֶׁה מַדְבְּחָא **וּפְלַח עֲלוֹהִי קֳדָם** יְיָ **דַעֲבַד לֵהּ נִסִין**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Moshe built an altar and called it [**worshiped on it before**] Adonoy nissi [Adonoy is my miracle] [**Who had performed miracles for him**].


###### Onkelos Exodus 17:16
[Onkelos Exodus 17:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Exodus/r/17:16)

וַאֲמַר **בִּשְׁבוּעָה אֲמִירָא דָא מִן קֳדָם דְחֵילָא דִשְׁכִנְתֵּהּ עַל כָּרְסֵהּ יְקָרֵהּ דְעָתִיד דְיִתָּגַח קְרָבָא קֳדָם יְיָ בִּדְבֵית עֲמָלֵק לְשֵׁצָיוּתְהוֹן מִדָרֵי עָלְמָא**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
He said [**with an oath, this saying from before the Awesome one, whose Shechina is upon His glorious throne, that in the future a war will be waged before God against the house of Amaleik to destroy them for generations forever.**] , “The hand is on God’s throne, Adonoy will be at war with Amaleik for all generations.”