## Rashi on Amos Chapter 8 ###### Rashi on Amos 8:1:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:1:1) **כְּלוּב קָיִץ.** סַל מָלֵא סוֹפֵי תְאֵנִים שֶׁאֵינָם טוֹבוֹת: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **a basket of late figs** Heb. כְּלוּב. A basket full of late figs, which are not good ###### Rashi on Amos 8:3:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:3:1) **שִׁירוֹת הֵיכָל.** שֶׁהֵם מְשׁוֹרְרִים בְּתוֹךְ הֵיכְלֵיהֶם בְּמִשְׁתָּאוֹתֵיהֶם: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **And the songs of the temple**—which they sing within their temples at their banquets. ###### Rashi on Amos 8:3:2 [Rashi on Amos 8:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:3:2) **רַב הַפֶּגֶר.** סַגִּי פִּגְרֵי קְטוּלִין: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **corpses shall increase**—The corpses of the slain shall increase. [from *Jonathan*] ###### Rashi on Amos 8:3:3 [Rashi on Amos 8:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:3:3) **בְּכָל מָקוֹם הִשְׁלִיךְ הָס.** בְּכָל אֲתַר יֵימַר רְמֵי וּסְלִיק, הַשְׁלִיכוּ מִכָּאן הַפְּגָרִים הָאֵלֶּה: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **everywhere “Cast away, remove!”**—Everywhere one will say, “Cast away, remove!” Cast away from here, remove these corpses from here. [from *Jonathan*] ###### Rashi on Amos 8:4:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:4:1) **הַשּׁוֹאֲפִים.** הַבּוֹלְעִים אֶבְיוֹן: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **you who swallow up** Heb. הַשֹׁאֲפִים, who swallow up the needy. ###### Rashi on Amos 8:4:2 [Rashi on Amos 8:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:4:2) **וְלַשְׁבִּית.** כְּמוֹ וּלְהַשְׁבִּית, וְדוּגְמָא "לַשְׁמִיד מָעוּזְנֶיהָ" (ישעיהו כג:יא), "לָלֶכֶת לַגִּיד בְּיִזְרְעֶאל" (מלכים ב ט:טו): **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **and to cut off** Heb. וְלַשְׁבִּית, like וּלְהַשְׁבִּית. And examples [of this are found in Isaiah 23:11:] “To destroy (לַשְׁמִד) its strongholds.” (II Kings 9:15) “To go and tell (לַגִיד) in Jezreel.” ###### Rashi on Amos 8:5:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:5:1) **מָתַי יַעֲבֹר הַחֹדֶשׁ.** זוֹ הִיא הַשְּׁאִיפָה, מְצַפִּים עֵת תְּיַקֵּר הַתְּבוּאָה וְיִמְכְּרוּ לַעֲנִיִּים בְּרִבִּית וְיִטְּלוּ שְׂדוֹתֵיהֶם. **יַעֲבֹר הַחֹדֶשׁ** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: מָתַי תִּתְעַבַּר הַשָּׁנָה וְיָבֹא חֹדֶשׁ הָעִבּוּר, וּלְשׁוֹן הַעֲבָרָה הוּא, כְּמוֹ "הֶעֱבִיר הַמּוֹעֵד" (ירמיהו מו:יז), וּלְפִי שֶׁדּוֹחִין אֶת הַקְרָבַת הָעוֹמֶר וְהַשָּׁנָה נִמְשֶׁכֶת וְהַיָּשָׁן מִתְיַקֵּר: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **Saying, “When will the month be delayed”**—This is the swallowing up. They anticipate the time that the grain will be expensive and will be sold to the poor with interest, and they will take their fields. **the month be delayed** Heb. יַעֲבֹר. *Jonathan* renders: When will the year be interpolated and [when] will the month of interpolation come? This is an expression of delay, like (Jer. 46:17) “Has allowed the appointed time to pass by (הֶעֱבִיר).” And because they delay the offering up of the Omer, and the year is extended, and the old grain becomes expensive. ###### Rashi on Amos 8:5:2 [Rashi on Amos 8:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:5:2) **וְהַשַּׁבָּת וְנִפְתְּחָה בָּר.** מָתַי תָּבוֹא הַשְּׁמִטָּה וּּתְיַקֵּר הַתְּבוּאָה וְנִפְתַּח אוֹצְרוֹת בָּר שֶׁלָּנוּ: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **and the Sabbatical Year, so that we will open grain**—When will the Sabbatical Year come, and the grain will become expensive, and we will open our storehouses of grain. ###### Rashi on Amos 8:5:3 [Rashi on Amos 8:5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:5:3) **לְהַקְטִין אֵיפָה.** לִמְכּוֹר בְּמִדָּה קְטַנָּה וְאֶת כַּסְפֵּינוּ נְקַבֵּל בְּשֶׁקֶל גָּדוֹל: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **to make the ephah smaller** To sell for a smaller measure, and our money we will receive with a large shekel. ###### Rashi on Amos 8:6:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:6:1) **בַּעֲבוּר נְעָלָיִם.** בְּדִיל דְּיַחְסְנוּן: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **in order to inherit them** Heb. בַּעֲבוּר נַעֲלָיִם. [from *Jonathan*] ###### Rashi on Amos 8:6:2 [Rashi on Amos 8:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:6:2) **וּמַפַּל בַּר נַשְׁבִּיר.** וּמֵהַמְּמַת עִבּוּרָא נִזְבֵּין, אֶת הַפְּסוֹלֶת שֶׁנָּפַל מִן הַחִטִּים בְּנָפָה נִמְכּוֹר בְּיוֹקֶר לַעֲנִיִּים: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **and the refuse of the corn we will sell**—[*Jonathan* renders:] And the sweepings of the grains we will sell. The refuse that fell from the wheat into the sieve, to sell at high prices to the poor. ###### Rashi on Amos 8:8:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:8:1) **הַעַל זֹאת לֹא תִּרְגַּז הָאָרֶץ.** וְכִי אֵין עָוֹן זֶה כְּדַאי שֶׁתֶּחֱרַב עָלָיו הָאָרֶץ: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **Shall the land not quake for this**—Is this iniquity not serious enough that the land be destroyed because of it? ###### Rashi on Amos 8:8:2 [Rashi on Amos 8:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:8:2) **וְעָלְתָה כָאוֹר כֻּלָּהּ.** וּבְמָקוֹם אַחֵר הוּא אוֹמֵר "וְעָלְתָה כַיְאוֹר כֻּלָּהּ" (לקמן ט), וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם שְׁנֵיהֶם בְּשָׁוֶה: וְיִסַּק עֲלַהּ מַלְכָּא בְּמַשְׁרְיָתֵיהּ דְּסַגִּיאִין כְּמוֹ נַהֲרָא וִיחַפִּינִין כּוּלָּהּ. וְקָשֶׁה בְּעֵינַי לְפָרֵשׁ כָּאוֹר כְּמוֹ כַּיְאוֹר. וְיֵשׁ לְפָרֵשׁ כְּמוֹ "יָפִיץ עָנָן אוֹרוֹ" (איוב לז:יא), "עַל כַּפַּיִם כִּסָּה אוֹר" (שם לו:לב), וְעָלְתָה כַּעֲנַן גֶּשֶׁם כֻּלָּהּ אֲפֵלָה וַחֲשֵׁכָה: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **Yea, it shall rise up wholly like the rain cloud** Heb. כָּאֹר. And in another place (9:5), Scripture says: “And it shall come up wholly like the river (כַיְאֹר),” and *Jonathan* renders them both identically: And a king shall rise upon it with his camp as numerous as the waters of the river, and cover it completely. To me, it seems difficult to define כָאֹר like כַיְאֹר. It can, however be explained like: (Job 36:32) “On the clouds, the rain (אוֹר) is covered. (Job 37:11)” He scatters his rain cloud (אוֹרוֹ) .” And it shall go up wholly like a rain cloud, pitch darkness. ###### Rashi on Amos 8:8:3 [Rashi on Amos 8:8:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:8:3) **וְנִגְרְשָׁה וְנִשְׁקְעָה כִּיאוֹר מִצְרָיִם.** נִילוּס עוֹלֶה אַחַת לְמ' שָׁנָה וּמַשְׁקֶה אֶת הָאָרֶץ, וּכְשֶׁהוּא עוֹלֶה מַעֲלֶה רֶפֶשׁ וְטִיט עַל שְׂפָתוֹ, וּכְשֶׁחוֹזֵר מֵהַשְׁקוֹת חוֹזֵר עַל גְּדוֹתָיו וּמֵימָיו מִצְטַלְּלִין, וְהוּא קָרוּי שִׁקּוּעַ שֶׁהַטִּיט הָעוֹכֵר אֶת מֵימָיו נִשְׁקָע. **וְנִגְרְשָׁה** כְּמוֹ "וַיִּגְרְשׁוּ מֵימָיו רֶפֶשׁ וָטִיט" (ישעיהו כז:כ), אַף הָאָרֶץ תָּקִיא רְשָׁעִים שֶׁבְּתוֹכָהּ וְאַחַר כָּךְ תָּנוּחַ: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **and it shall overflow and sink like the river of Egypt**—The Nile overflows once in forty years and waters the land, and when it overflows, it brings up mud and dirt on its banks, and when it returns from watering, it returns over its banks and its water sinks. And that is called sinking, for the dirt that makes the water murky, settles. **and it shall cast up** Heb. וְנִגְרְשָׁה, Like (Isa. 57:20) “And its waters cast up (וַיִּגְרְשׁוּ) mud and dirt.” Also the land will spew out the wicked in its midst, and afterwards it will rest. ###### Rashi on Amos 8:9:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:9:1) **וְהֵבֵאתִי הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בַּצָּהֳרַיִם.** כְּשֶׁיְּהֵא לָהֶם שָׁלוֹם גָּדוֹל תָּבֹא מַפָּלָה פִּתְאוֹם, וְאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (מועד קטן כה:) זֶה יוֹמוֹ שֶׁל יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ שֶׁמֵּת בְּחֶרֶב שֶׁל שָׁלוֹם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (תענית כב.): אֵין לְךָ חֶרֶב שֶׁל שָׁלוֹם יוֹתֵר מִפַּרְעֹה נְכֹה שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ לְיֹאשִׁיָּהוּ (דברי הימים ב לה:כא): "מַה לִּי וָלָךְ, לֹא עָלֶיךָ אַתָּה הַיּוֹם, לֹא עָלֶיךָ אֲנִי בָּא הַיּוֹם, כִּי אִם לַעֲבֹר דֶּרֶךְ אַרְצְךָ אֶל בֵּית מִלְחַמְתִּי וְגוֹ'": **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **I will cause the sun to set at midday**—When there will be exceeding tranquility, a sudden downfall will come and our Rabbis said: This refers to the day of Josiah who died by the “peaceful sword” as our Rabbis said: There was no more peaceful sword than Pharaoh-Neco who said to Josiah, (II Chron. 35:21) “What do I have to do with you, O king of Judah; not upon you yourself today.” Not upon you do I come today, but to pass through your land “to the house against which I wage war etc.” [from *Mo’ed Katan*, *Ta’anith* 22a] ###### Rashi on Amos 8:9:2 [Rashi on Amos 8:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:9:2) **הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ.** מַלְכוּת בֵּית דָּוִד נִמְשְׁלָה כַּשֶּׁמֶשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "וְכִסְאוֹ כַשֶּׁמֶשׁ נֶגְדִּי" (תהלים פט:לז): **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **the sun**—The kingdom of the house of David is compared to the sun, as it is said: (Psalms 89:37) “And his throne is like the sun opposite Me.” ###### Rashi on Amos 8:10:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:10:1) **וְהָפַכְתִּי חַגֵּיכֶם לְאֵבֶל.** כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברי הימים ב לה:כד): "וְכָל יְהוּדָה וִירוּשָׁלַיִם מִתְאַבְּלִים עַל יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ": **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **And I will turn your festivals into mourning**—as the matter is stated: (II Chron 35:24) “And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.” ###### Rashi on Amos 8:10:2 [Rashi on Amos 8:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:10:2) **וְכָל שִׁירֵיכֶם לְקִינָה.** כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שם): "וַיֹּאמְרוּ כָל הַשָּׂרִים וְהַשָּׁרוֹת בְּקִינוֹתֵיהֶם": **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **and all your songs into lamentation**—as the matter is stated: (ibid. verse 25) “And all the singing men and singing women spoke in their lamentations.” ###### Rashi on Amos 8:10:3 [Rashi on Amos 8:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:10:3) **כְּאֵבֶל יָחִיד.** כְּאָב שֶׁמִּתְאַבֵּל עַל בֵּן יָחִיד: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **like the mourning for an only son**—Like a father who mourns over an only son. ###### Rashi on Amos 8:11:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:11:1) **כִּי אִם לִשְׁמֹעַ.** שֶׁתִּפְסֹק מִכֶּם רוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **but to hear**—for the holy spirit shall terminate from them. ###### Rashi on Amos 8:13:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:13:1) **תִּתְעַלַּפְנָה.** תִּפְרַח רוּחָם, כְּמוֹ "וַיִּתְעַלָּף" (יונה ד:ח), וְכֵן "עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה עוּלְפוּ" (יחזקאל לא:טו), וְכֵן בִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה יִתְעַלְּפָה פשמיי"ר בְּלַעַ"ז: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **shall faint** Heb. תִּתְעַלַּפְנָה. Their spirit shall fly out. Cf. (Jonah 4:8) “And he fainted (וַיִּתְעַלָּף).” And so, (Ezekiel 31:15) “The trees of the field fainted (עֻלְפֶּה) for him.” And so in the language of the Mishnah (*Chullin* 3b): “He may faint (נִתְעַלְּפָה),” pasmer, (pamer) in French. [from *Dunash* p.84] ###### Rashi on Amos 8:14:1 [Rashi on Amos 8:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/8:14:1) **חֵי אֱלֹהֶיךָ דָּן.** אֶחָד מִן הָעֲגָלִים שֶׁהֶעֱמִיד יָרָבְעָם בְּדָן: **The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:** **“As your god lives, O Dan,”**—One of the calves that Jeroboam erected in Dan.