## Rashi on Amos Chapter 7

###### Rashi on Amos 7:1:1
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**כֹּה הִרְאַנִי.** פּוּרְעָנוּת שֶׁהָיָה רוֹצֶה לְהָבִיא גּוֹבַאי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Thus... showed me**—retribution, that He wished to bring locusts.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:1:2
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**בִּתְחִלַּת עֲלוֹת הַלֶּקֶשׁ.** לְשׁוֹן מַלְקוֹשׁ שֶׁהַתְּבוּאָה עוֹלָה בְּקָנֶה שֶׁלָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth** [Heb. לֶקֶשׁ, an expression of the latter rain (מַלְקוֹש) when the grain shoots up in its stalk.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:1:3
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**וְהִנֵּה לֶקֶשׁ.** הָיָה צוֹמֵחַ **אַחַר גִּזֵּי הַמֶּלֶךְ** אַחַר שֶׁגָּזְזוּ תְּבוּאַת הַמֶּלֶךְ עַד שֶׁלֹּא עָלְתָה בְּקָנֶה הָיוּ גּוֹזְזִין אוֹתָהּ שַׁחַת לְהַאֲכִיל לַבְּהֵמוֹת. וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: דְּאִתְגְּזִיזַת שִׁיחֲתָא דְמַלְכָּא, וּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה הִיא: קוֹצֵר לְשַׁחַת וּמַאֲכִיל לַבְּהֵמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and behold the latter growth**—was growing **after the king’s mowings**—After they mowed the king’s grains. Before it would shoot up in its stalk, they would mow it [as] young corn (שַׁחַת) to feed the cattle, and so did *Jonathan* render it: [After] the king’s young corn (שַׁחֲתָא) was mown. This is a mishnaic expression. (*Menachoth* 10:8) “One may cut young corn (שַׁחַת) and feed the cattle.”


###### Rashi on Amos 7:2:1
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**וְהָיָה אִם כִּלָּה.** כַּאֲשֶׁר כִּלָּה לֶאֱכוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it came to pass when it finished** Heb. אִם. When it finished eating.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:2:2
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**אֶת עֵשֶׂב הָאָרֶץ.** בְּאוֹתָהּ שָׂדֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the grass of the earth**—in that field.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:2:3
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**וָאֹמַר אֲדֹנָי ה' סְלַח נָא.** וְאַל תַּשְׁחֵת הָאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I said, “O Lord God! Forgive now!”**—and destroy not the land.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:2:4
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**מִי יָקוּם יַעֲקֹב.** מַאן יְקוּם וְיִבְעֵי עַל חֲטָאֵיהוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who shall arise [with] Jacob**—[*Jonathan* renders:] Who shall arise and beseech for their sins?


###### Rashi on Amos 7:2:5
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**כִּי קָטֹן.** אֲרֵי מְטַלְטְלִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for he is small** [*Jonathan*renders:] For they are wandering.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:3:1
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**נִחַם ה' עַל זֹאת.** נִתְרַצָּה בִּתְפִלָּתוֹ וְנֶעְתַּר לִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord relented concerning this**—He acquiesced to my prayer and was entreated of me.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:4:1
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**הִרְאַנִי.** עוֹד פּוּרְעָנוּת לְהָבִיא עֲלֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**showed me**—another retribution to bring upon them.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:4:2
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**וְהִנֵּה קֹרֵא.** אֶת פַּמַלְיָא שֶׁלּוֹ **לָרִיב** אִתְּכֶם בְּפוּרְעָנוּת דְּלֵיקַת אֵשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and behold... calls**—His household **to contend** with them by the retribution of the kindling of fire.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:4:3
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**הַחֵלֶק.** חֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the field** Heb. הַחֵלֶק, the parcel of land.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:7:1
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**עַל חוֹמַת אֲנָךְ.** עַל שׁוּרָא דְדִינָא, וְכֵן פָּתַר דּוֹנַשׁ, אֲנָךְ לְשׁוֹן עֲרָבִי חוּט קַו הַמִּשְׁקוֹלֶת הָעוֹפֶרֶת אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ יַבִּיט בּוֹנֵה הַחוֹמָה לְיַשֵּׁר הַדִּימוֹס, אַף כָּאן הוּא לְשׁוֹן קַו מִשְׁקוֹלֶת מִשְׁפָּט:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on a wall made by a plumbline**—On the wall of justice, and so did Dunash interpret it: אֲנָךְ is an Arabic expression for the plumbline. The lead by which the builder of the walls looks to straighten the row of stones. Here, too, it is an expression of the plumbline of justice. [from *Teshuvoth Dunash*, p.12]


###### Rashi on Amos 7:8:1
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**הִנְנִי שָׂם אֲנָךְ.** הִנְנִי שׁוֹפֵט אוֹתָם בְּקַו שׁוּרַת הַדִּין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Behold I place a plumbline**—Behold I judge them with the line of strict justice.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:8:2
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**עֲבוֹר לוֹ.** לְהַמְתִּין לָהֶם עַל פִּשְׁעֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**pardon them**—to wait for them for their transgressions.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:9:1
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**וּמִקְדְּשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל.** הוּא בֵּית אֵל שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "כִּי מִקְדַּשׁ מֶלֶךְ הוּא":

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the sanctuaries of Israel**—That is Bethel, as it is said: (verse 13) “For it is the sanctuary of a king.”


###### Rashi on Amos 7:9:2
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**עַל בֵּית יָרָבְעָם.** בֶּן יוֹאָשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**upon the house of Jeroboam**—son of Joash.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:10:1
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**כֹּהֵן בֵּית אֵל.** כּוֹמֶר לְעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁלּוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the priest of Bethel**—A priest of the idols.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:11:1
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**בַּחֶרֶב יָמוּת יָרָבְעָם.** וְהוּא לֹא אָמַר כֵּן אֶלָּא "וְקַמְתִּי עַל בֵּית יָרָבְעָם", וְהוּא בְּנוֹ זְכַרְיָה שֶׁהֲרָגוֹ שַׁלּוּם בֶּן יָבֵשׁ (מלכים ב טו:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Jeroboam shall die by the sword**—But he did not say that, only, “And I will rise upon the house of Jeroboam,” and that refers to his son, Zechariah, who was assassinated by Shallum son of Jabesh (II Kings 15).


###### Rashi on Amos 7:12:1
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**חוֹזֶה.** אַתָּה שֶׁמִּתְנַבֵּא עֲתִידוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“Seer”**—You, who prophesy the future.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:12:2
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**לֵךְ בְּרַח לְךָ אֶל אֶרֶץ יְהוּדָה.** שֶׁשָּׁם מִקְדָּשׁוֹ שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁאַתָּה מִתְנַבֵּא בִּשְׁמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**go, run away to the land of Judah**—for there is the sanctuary of the Holy One, blessed be He, in Whose Name you prophesy.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:12:3
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**וֶאֱכָל שָׁם לֶחֶם.** לְשׁוֹן בִּזָּיוֹן אָמַר לוֹ: שָׁם יִתְּנוּ לְךָ פְּתִיתֵי לֶחֶם בִּשְׂכַר שֶׁתִּתְנַבֵּא לָהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and eat bread there**—This is an expression of derision. He said to him, “There they will give you crumbs of bread as pay for what you prophesy.”


###### Rashi on Amos 7:13:1
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**וּבֵית אֵל לֹא תוֹסִיף עוֹד לְהִנָּבֵא.** שֶׁאֵין מַזְכִּירִין כָּאן אֶלָּא שֵׁם עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**But do not continue to prophesy in Bethel**—for here they mention only the name of the idols.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:14:1
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**לֹא נָבִיא אָנֹכִי.** אֵינִי מִנְּבִיאֵי שֶׁקֶר שֶׁלָּכֶם הַנּוֹטְלִים שְׂכָרָם לְהִנָּבֵא, אֵינִי צָרִיךְ לְכָל זֹאת וְלֹא נָהַגְתִּי כָּךְ אֲנִי שֶׁאֲנִי עָשִׁיר וּבַעַל מִקְנֶה וּנְכָסִים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁתִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: אֲרֵי מָרֵי גִיתֵי אֲנָא וְשִׁקְמִין אִית לִי בִּשְׁפֵלְתָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I am neither a prophet**—I am not one of your false prophets, who take pay for prophesying. I do not need all this, and I never behaved in that manner, for I am wealthy and an owner of cattle and property, as *Jonathan* renders: For I am an owner of cattle and I have sycamores in the plain.


###### Rashi on Amos 7:14:2
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**בוֹקֵר אָנֹכִי.** רוֹעֵה בָקָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a cattle herder** Heb. בוֹקֵר


###### Rashi on Amos 7:14:3
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**וּבוֹלֵס שִׁקְמִים.** מְחַפֵּשׂ בַּשִּׁקְמִים לִרְאוֹת אֵיזֶה עִתּוֹ לָקוּץ כְּדֵי לְהוֹסִיף עֲנָפִים וְאֵיזֶה רָאוּי לְקוֹרוֹת, שֶׁכֵּן דֶּרֶךְ שֶׁקּוֹצְצִין בְּתוּלוֹת הַשִּׁקְמָה. וּבוֹלֵס כְּמוֹ וּבוֹלֵשׁ, אֶלָּא שֶׁעָמוֹס מְגַמְגֵּם בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ, שֶׁכָּךְ אָמְרוּ: לָמָּה נִקְרָא שְׁמוֹ עָמוֹס? שֶׁהָיָה עָמוּס בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל קוֹרְאִים אוֹתוֹ פְּסִילוֹס, כִּדְאִיתָא בַּפְּסִיקְתָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and an inspector of sycamores** Heb. וּבוֹלֵס. One who searches the sycamores to see which one has reached its time to cut in order to increase the branches, and which one is fit for beams, for so was the custom to cut the virgin sycamores. וּבוֹלֵס is like וּבוֹלֵש, a searcher, but Amos was a stammerer, for so they said: Why was he named Amos? Because he was burdened (עָמוּס) by his tongue, and Israel would call him pesilus (Greek for tongue-tied) as it is stated in *Pesikta*. [from *Pesikta de-Rav Kahana* p.125]


###### Rashi on Amos 7:16:1
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**וְלֹא תַטִּיף.** לְשׁוֹן נְבוּאָה הוּא, וְהַרְבֵּה יֵשׁ בַּמִּקְרָא "הַטֵּף אֶל דָּרוֹם" (יחזקאל כא:ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and do not prophesy** [Heb.. וְלֹאתַטִּיף. It is an expression of prophecy, and there are many in Scripture, e.g. (Ezekiel 21:2) “And prophesy (וְהַטֵּף) to the south.”