## Rashi on Amos Chapter 9

###### Rashi on Amos 9:1:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:1:1)

**נִצָּב עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.** מִסְתַּלֵּק מִכְּרוּבָא לְמִדְבְּחָא דֶּרֶךְ יְצִיאַת חוּץ עַל מִזְבַּח הַזָּהָב שֶׁהוּא בַּהֵיכָל, וְהוּא מֵעֶשֶׂר מַסָּעוֹת שֶׁנָּסְעָה שְׁכִינָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**standing beside the altar**—Going away from the cherub to the altar on its way out, on the golden altar which is in the Temple, and this is one of the ten travels made by the Shechinah. [from *Jonathan*]


###### Rashi on Amos 9:1:2
[Rashi on Amos 9:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:1:2)

**הַךְ הַכַּפְתּוֹר.** שֶׁהוּא בְּרֹאשׁ הַגַּג:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Strike the lintel**—which is on top of the roof.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:1:3
[Rashi on Amos 9:1:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:1:3)

**וְיִרְעֲשׁוּ הַסִּפִּים.** אִסְקוּפּוֹת הַבַּיִת הַתַּחְתּוֹנוֹת, כָּךְ יֵהָרֵג הַמֶּלֶךְ וְיִרְעֲדוּ הַשָּׂרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the sideposts shall quake**—The lower doorposts of the Temple; so will the king be slain and the princes quake.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:1:4
[Rashi on Amos 9:1:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:1:4)

**וּבְצַעַם בְּרֹאשׁ כֻּלָּם.** כְּמוֹ וּפְצָעֵם, וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: כַּפְתּוֹר הַמְּנוֹרָה טְפֵי מְנָרְתָּא יִתְקְטֵל מַלְכָּא יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ וְיִרְעֲשׁוּ הַסִּפִּים וְיִחְרַב בֵּיתָא וְיִתְפַּגְּרוּן עֶזְרָתָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and break to pieces those who are at the head of all of them** Heb. וּבְצַעַם, like וּפְצַעַם [wound them or break them] And *Jonathan* renders כַּפְתּוֹר as the Menorah: [If the people of the house of Israel do not repent,] extinguish the Menorah; King Josiah shall be slain. And the sideposts shall quake, meaning that the Temple will be destroyed, and the Courtyards will be demolished.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:1:5
[Rashi on Amos 9:1:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:1:5)

**וּבְצַעַם בְּרֹאשׁ כֻּלָּם.** וּמָאנֵי מַקְדְּשָׁא בְּשִׁבְיָא יְהָכוֹן, וּבְצַעַם כְּמוֹ מְמוֹנָם יִגְלֶה בְּרֹאשׁ כֻּלָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
וּבְצַעַם בְּרֹאשׁ כֻּלָם, meaning that the vessels of the Temple will go into captivity. וּבְצַעַם means ‘their money’ shall go into exile at the head of all of them.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:2:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:2:1)

**אִם יַחְתְּרוּ בִשְׁאוֹל.** אִם יִדְמוּן לְאִטַּמְרָא כִּדְבִשְׁאוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**If they dig down into the grave**—If they think to hide in Sheol.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:2:2
[Rashi on Amos 9:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:2:2)

**יָדִי תִקָּחֵם.** בְּמֵימְרִי יִדְבְּרִינוּן שָׂנְאֵיהוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**My hand shall take them**—Their enemies shall take them with My word. -[from *Jonathan*]


###### Rashi on Amos 9:2:3
[Rashi on Amos 9:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:2:3)

**וְאִם יַעֲלוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם.** וְאִם יִסְּקוּן בְּטוּרִין רָמִין עַד צֵית שְׁמַיָּא, מִתַּמָּן בְּמֵימְרִי יַחֲתוּנוּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and if they ascend to the heavens**—And if they ascend to the lofty mountains up to the heavens, from there they shall bring them down with My word.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:3:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:3:1)

**בְּרֹאשׁ הַכַּרְמֶל.** בְּרֵישׁ מִגְדְּלֵי כַּרְכַיָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at the peak of Carmel**—At the top of the towers of the fortifed cities. [from *Jonathan*]


###### Rashi on Amos 9:3:2
[Rashi on Amos 9:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:3:2)

**מִשָּׁם אֲחַפֵּשׂ.** מִתַּמָּן אֲפַקֵּד בָּלוֹשִׁין וִיבַלְּשׁוּנוּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from there I will search [them out]**—From there I will appoint searchers, and they will search them out. [from *Jonathan*]


###### Rashi on Amos 9:3:3
[Rashi on Amos 9:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:3:3)

**בְּקַרְקַע הַיָּם.** בְּנִיסֵי יַמָּא אִיֵּי הַיָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the land of the sea** Heb. בְּקַרְקַע הַיָּם. [*Jonathan* renders:] בְּנִיסֵי יַמָּא, in the islands of the sea.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:3:4
[Rashi on Amos 9:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:3:4)

**אֲצַוֶּה אֶת הַנָּחָשׁ.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: עַמְמַיָּא דְּתַקִּיפִין כְּחִוְיָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I will command the serpent**—*Jonathan* renders: peoples as strong as a serpent.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:5:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:5:1)

**הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּאָרֶץ וַתָּמוֹג.** דְּנָזֵיף בְּאַרְעָא וְזָע, וַתָּמוֹג לְשׁוֹן נוֹעַ, וַה' הוּא הַנּוֹגֵעַ בָּאָרֶץ וַתָּמוֹג, כְּלוֹמַר גְּזֵרָה זֹאת מֵאִתִּי יָצְאָת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who touches the land and it quakes**—Who rebukes the land and it quakes. וַתָּמוֹג is an expression of motion. And the Lord is He Who touches the land and it quakes. I.e, this decree emanates from Me.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:6:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:6:1)

**וַאֲגֻדָּתוֹ.** קְבוּצַת בְּרִיּוֹתָיו. דָּבָר אַחֵר: קְבוּצוֹת הַיְשָׁרִים הִיא הָיְתָה יְסוֹד הָאָרֶץ לְתַקָּנַת הַשָּׁמַיִם שֶׁבִּשְׁבִילָם הַכֹּל קַיָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and... His company**—The company of His creatures. Another explanation: The company of the righteous was the foundation of the earth and the ceiling [other editions: and the benefit] of the heavens, for whose sake everything exists.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:6:2
[Rashi on Amos 9:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:6:2)

**הַקּוֹרֵא לְמֵי הַיָּם.** דְּאָמַר לִכְנָשָׁא מַשְׁרְיָן סַגִּיאִין כְּמֵי יַמָּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Who calls the water of the sea**—Who says to gather camps as numerous as the waters of the sea. [from *Jonathan*]


###### Rashi on Amos 9:7:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:7:1)

**הֲלוֹא כִבְנֵי כֻשִׁיִּים אַתֶּם לִי.** לָמָּה אֶמָּנַע מִלְּהִפָּרַע מִכֶּם אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר אֵינְכֶם שָׁבִים אֵלַי, הֲלֹא מִן בְּנֵי נֹחַ בָּאתֶם כִּשְׁאָר עַכּוּ"ם כַּכּוּשִׁיִּים אֲשֶׁר נִדְמֵיתֶם לָהֶם, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר "הֲיַהֲפֹךְ כּוּשִׁי עוֹרוֹ" (ירמיהו יג:כג), כָּךְ אַתֶּם תּוּכְלוּ לְהֵיטִיב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Are you not like the children of the Cushites to Me**—Why should I refrain from exacting retribution upon you since you do not return to Me? Have you not come from the sons of Noah like the other nations? Like the Cushites whom you resemble, as the matter is stated: (Jer. 13:22) “Will a Cushite change his skin…? So will you be able to improve.”


###### Rashi on Amos 9:7:2
[Rashi on Amos 9:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:7:2)

**הֲלֹא.** בְּטוֹבָתִי תְּחִלַּת בּוֹחֲרִי בָּכֶם הִיא הוֹצָאָה שֶׁהוֹצֵאתִי אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם, וּמַה לִּי בְּכָךְ, אַף פְּלִשְׁתִּים כָּךְ הוֹצֵאתִי מִכַּפְתּוֹר כְּשֶׁבָּאוּ כַפְתּוֹרִים עַל עַוִּים, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (דברים ב:כג): "וְהָעַוִּים הַיּוֹשְׁבִים בַּחֲצֵרִים עַד עַזָּה וְגוֹ'", כָּבְשׁוּ גַּם בְּנֵי עַזָּה וּשְׁאָר סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים תַּחְתֵּיהֶם וְהוֹצֵאתִים מִיָּדָם, וְאַף עַל פִּי כֵן לֹא עֲשִׂיתִים לִי לְעָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Did I not**—Was it not out of My goodness, the beginning of My choosing you, My taking you out of the land of Egypt? Now what is that to Me? The Philistines, too, I took out of Caphtor in such a manner when the Caphtorites came upon the Avvites, as the matter is stated (Deut. 2:23) “And the Avvites who lived in open towns up to Gaza etc.” They vanquished also the people of Gaza and the remaining lords of the Philistines under them, and I took them out of their hands, and, even so, I did not make them My people.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:7:3
[Rashi on Amos 9:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:7:3)

**וַאֲרָם מִקִּיר.** וְכֵן אֲנִי עָתִיד לְהַעֲלוֹת אֶת אֲרָם מִקִּיר שֶׁיַּגְלֵם שָׁם סַנְחֵרִיב, וְלַקֵּץ הַיָּמִים מִשֶּׁתִּתְבַּטֵּל מַלְכוּת אַשּׁוּר יֵצְאוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and Aram from Kir**—And so am I destined to bring Aram up from Kir, where Sennacherib will exile them, and, at the end of days, when the kingdom of Assyria will terminate, they will go out.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:8:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:8:1)

**וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּי אוֹתָהּ.** הַמַּמְלָכָה הֵם בֵּית יֵהוּא, אֲבָל בֵּית יַעֲקֹב לֹא אַשְׁמִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will destroy it**—The kingdom is the house of Jehu, but I will not destroy the house of Jacob.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:9:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:9:1)

**כִּי הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי מְצַוֶּה.** לְהַגְלוֹתָם וּלְהָנִיעָם בְּכָל הַגּוֹיִם הֲנָעָה רַבָּה וִיתֵרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For behold I command**—to exile them among all the nations, an unusually great scattering.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:9:2
[Rashi on Amos 9:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:9:2)

**כַּאֲשֶׁר יִנּוֹעַ** מַה שֶּׁכּוֹבְרִין **בַּכְּבָרָה** לְאַחַר שֶׁנָּפְלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ סוּבִּין הַדַּקִּין וְנוֹתְרוּ הַגַּסִּין שֶׁאֵין יְכוֹלִין לָצֵאת, וְאָז הַמְנַעֲנֵעַ מְנַעֲנֵעַ בְּכָל כֹּחוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as it is shaken**—What they sift with a sieve after the fine bran falls out of it, and there remains the coarse [bran], which cannot come out, and then the one who shakes [it], shakes with all his might.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:9:3
[Rashi on Amos 9:9:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:9:3)

**יִנּוֹעַ.** עַל יְדֵי אַחֵר וְלֹא יִתָּכֵן לִקְרוֹת יָנוּעַ שֶׁהוּא דָּבָר הַנָּע מֵאֵלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it is shaken**—by another, and it is impossible to read יָנוּעַ, since that denotes a thing that moves by itself.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:10:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:10:1)

**לֹא תַגִּישׁ וְתַקְדִּים בַּעֲדֵינוּ הָרָעָה.** בִּשְׁבִיל עֲווֹנֵינוּ לֹא תְּמַהֵר הָרָעָה לָגֶשֶׁת וְלָבֹא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“The evil shall not soon come upon us.”**—Because of our iniquities, the evil shall not hasten to approach and to come.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:11:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:11:1)

**בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא.** אַחֲרֵי בֹּא עֲלֵיהֶם כָּל אֵלֶּה יָבֹא יוֹם הַהוּא הַמּוּכָן לִגְאֻלָּה, וּבוֹ אָקִים סֻכַּת דָּוִד הַנֹּפֶלֶת. יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: מַלְכוּתָא דְבֵית דָּוִד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**On that day**—And, after all these will befall him, that day will come, the day destined for the redemption, and thereon... **I will raise up the fallen Tabernacle of David**—*Jonathan* renders: the kingdom of the house of David.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:12:1
[Rashi on Amos 9:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Amos/r/9:12:1)

**לְמַעַן יִירְשׁוּ.** יִשְׂרָאֵל **אֶת שְׁאֵרִית וְגוֹ' וְאֶת כָּל הַגּוֹיִם** כִּי נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עֲלֵיהֶם. **אֲשֶׁר** כְּמוֹ כִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In order that they inherit**—[I.e, in order that] Israel [inherit] the remnant of Edom etc. **because My Name is called upon them** Heb. אֲשֶׁר, like כִּי, because.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:13:1
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**וְנִגַּשׁ חוֹרֵשׁ בַּקּוֹצֵר.** "וְהִשִּׂיג דַּיִשׁ אֶת בָּצִיר וּבָצִיר יַשִּׂיג אֶת זָרַע" (ויקרא כו:ה), לֹא יַסְפִּיקוּ לַחֲרוֹשׁ עַד שֶׁיָּבֹא הַקָּצִיר, וְלֹא יַסְפִּיקוּ לִבְצוֹר עַד שֶׁיָּבֹא עֵת הַזֶּרַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that the plowman shall meet the reaper**—(Lev. 26:5) “And your threshing shall overtake the vintage, and the vintage shall overtake the sowing.” They will not finish plowing until the harvest comes, and they will not finish harvesting until the time of sowing comes.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:13:2
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**תִּתְמוֹגַגְנָה.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: יִתְפַּלְּחָן, קַרְקַע עֲבוּדָה מִתְמוֹגֶגֶת בְּבֹא גְשָׁמִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall melt** Heb. תִּתְמוֹגַגְנָה. *Jonathan* renders: shall split. Tilled soil splits when rains come.


###### Rashi on Amos 9:13:3
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**עָסִיס.** יַיִן טוֹב וּמָתוֹק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**sweet wine** Heb. עָסִיס. Good and sweet wine.