## Rashi on Daniel Chapter 3

###### Rashi on Daniel 3:1:1
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**עֲבַד וְגוֹ׳.** מָלְאָה לִבּוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת צֶלֶם שֶׁל זָהָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**made an image** He had an urge to make an image of gold.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:1:2
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**פְּתָיֵהּ אַמִּין שִׁית אֲקִימֵהּ וְגוֹ׳.** אִם אֵין עָבְיוֹ אֶלָּא שֵׁשׁ, הֵיאַךְ יָכוֹל לַעֲמֹד בְּגֹבַהּ **אַמִּין שִׁתִּין**? אָמַר רַב בִּיבִי: מַעֲמִידִין אוֹתוֹ וְנוֹפֵל, עַד שֶׁהֵבִיאוּ כָּל זָהָב שֶׁל יְרוּשָׁלַיִם וְשָׁפְכוּ דִּימוֹס עַל רַגְלָיו, לְקַיֵּם מַה שֶּׁנֶּאֱמַר (יחזקאל ז:יט) ״וְזָהָבָם לְנִדָּה יִהְיֶה״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**its width six cubits; he set it up etc.** If its thickness was only six [cubits], how could it stand at a height of sixty cubits? Said Rav Bibi: They would set it up and it would fall, until they brought all the gold of Jerusalem and poured a base around its feet, to fulfill what was said (Ezek. 7:19): “and their gold will be for a repugnant thing.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:1:3
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**בְּבִקְעַת דּוּרָא.** שֵׁם מָקוֹם׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**in the plain of Dura** the name of a place.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:2:1
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**לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא.** דּוּכְסִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the satraps** Aram. לַאֲחַשְּׁדַרְפְּנַיָּא dukes.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:2:2
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**פַּחֲוָתָא.** שָׁלְטוֹנִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**governors** rulers.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:2:3
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**אֲדַרְגָּזְרַיָּא גְדָבְרַיָּא וְגוֹ׳.** כֻּלָּם שֵׁם עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת הֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the judges, the treasurers, etc.** They are all names of nations.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:2:4
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**לַחֲנֻכַּת צַלְמָא.** תְּחִלַּת עֲבוֹדוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the dedication of the image** the beginning of its worship.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:4:1
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**וְכָרוֹזָא קָרֵא בְחָיִל.** הַכָּרוֹז יוֹצֵא בְּכֹחַ גָּדוֹל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the announcement was issued aloud** [as translated,] and the announcement was issued aloud.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:4:2
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**לְכוֹן אָמְרִין עַמְמַיָּא.** לָכֶם כָּל הָעַמִּים וְהַלְּשׁוֹנוֹת אוֹמְרִים מִכְּרוּז מִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ בְּמִשְׁלַחַת הַמֶּלֶךְ׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**To you we are saying, O peoples** [as translated,] To you, all peoples and nations, we are announcing the command of the king as a message from the king.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:5:1
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**בְּעִדָּנָא דְּתִשְׁמְעוּן קָל קַרְנָא מַשְׁרוֹקִיתָא.** קוֹל הַקֶּרֶן שׁוֹרֶקֶת, כְּמוֹ ״אֶשְׁרְקָה לָהֶם וַאֲקַבְּצֵם״ (זכריה י:ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**At the time you hear the sound of the whistling horn** Aram. קָל קַרְנָא מַשְּׁרוֹקֵיתָא, the sound of the whistling horn, like (Zech. 10:8) “I will whistle (אֶשְּׁרְקָא) to them, and I will gather them.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:5:2
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**קִתְרוֹס סַבְּכָא וְגוֹ׳.** כֻּלָּם כְּלֵי זֶמֶר הֵם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the clavichord, the harp, etc.** They are all musical instruments.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:5:3
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**זְנֵי זְמָרָא.** מִינֵי זֶמֶר. ״לְמִינוֹ״ (בראשית א:יא) תַּרְגּוּם אוּנְקְלוֹס: לִזְנוֹהִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**kinds of music** Aram. זְנֵי זְמָרָא kinds of music. (Gen. 1:11) “After its kind,” Onkelos renders: לִזְנוֹהִי.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:6:1
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**אַתּוּן נוּרָא.** גּוּמָּא שֶׁעוֹשִׂין לִשְׂרוֹף בָּהּ אֲבָנִים לְסִיד, וְהוּא כִּבְשָׁן שֶׁבְּכָל הַמִּקְרָא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a fiery furnace** a pit that is made to burn rocks into lime, and that is כִּבְשָּׁן in all the Scriptures.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:7:1
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**כָּל קֳבֵל דְּנָה.** כָּל עוּמַּת זוֹ שֶׁנִּזְהֲרוּ בְּמִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל כָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In view of this** in view of this, that they took heed to observe the king’s command concerning this bagpipes would be played.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:7:2
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**בֵּהּ זִמְנָא.** בּוֹ בַּזְּמַן שֶׁיִּשְׁמְעוּ קוֹל הַזֶּמֶר, שֶׁהוּא לְסִימָן שֶׁיָּבוֹאוּ הַמִּשְׁתַּחֲוִים לְהִשְׁתַּחֲווֹת, **נָפְלִין כָּל עַמְמַיָּא וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at that time** At the time that they hear the sound of the music, which is a sign that those who prostrate themselves should come to prostrate, all peoples would fall etc.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:8:1
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**כָּל קֳבֵל דְּנָה.** כָּל עוּמַּת זוֹ שֶׁרָאוּ שׂוֹנְאֵי הַיְּהוּדִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ שָׁעָה לְהַלְשִׁין עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In view of this** in view of this, that their enemies saw that there is a time to denounce them.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:8:2
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**קְרִיבוּ גֻבְרִין כַּשְׂדָּאִין וַאֲכַלוּ קַרְצֵיהוֹן.** הִלְשִׁינוּ עֲלֵיהֶם, ״לֹא תֵלֵךְ רָכִיל״ (ויקרא יט:טז) מְתַרְגְּמִינָן ״וְלָא תֵיכוּל קוּרְצִין״, וְאוֹמֵר אֲנִי שֶׁכֵּן הָיְתָה דַּת שֶׁל הוֹלְכֵי רָכִיל לֶאֱכֹל לְגִימָה בַּמָּקוֹם שֶׁמַּלְשִׁינִין שָׁם, וְהוּא סִימָן קִיּוּם דְּבָרִים, שֶׁמֵּאוֹתָהּ שָׁעָה יֵשׁ עֲלֵיהֶם לְבָרֵר דִּבְרֵיהֶם וּלְאַמֵּת לָשׁוֹן הָרַע שֶׁאָמְרוּ. וְאוֹתָהּ סְעוּדָה נִקְרֵאת אֲכִילַת קוּרְצִין, לְשׁוֹן ״קוֹרֵץ בְּעֵינָיו״ (משלי ו:יג), שֶׁהוּא לְסִימָן לָשׁוֹן הָרַע:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**some Chaldean men approached and denounced** Aram. וַאֲכַלוּ קַרְצֵיהוֹן informed about them. (Lev. 19: 16) “Do not go as a talebearer among your people,” is translated by Targum as קוּרצִין לָא תֵיכוּ I say that it was the custom of talebearers to eat a meal in the place where they informed, and that was a sign of the verification of their words; for at that time it was incumbent upon them to clarify their words and to verify the slander that they spoke, and that meal was called eating קוּרצִין, an expression of (Prov. 6:13) “he winks (קוֹרֵץ) with his eyes,” which is a sign of slander.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:9:1
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**עָנוֹ וְאָמְרִין.** צָוְחוּ. כָּל עֲנִיָּה שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא לְשׁוֹן קוֹל רָם הוּא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**They spoke up and said** Aram. עֲנוֹ, they shouted. Every [expression of] עֲנִיָה in Scriptures is an expression of raising the voice.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:10:1
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**שַׂמְתָּ טְּעֵם.** גָּזַרְתָּ דָּבָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**gave an order** issued a decree.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:12:1
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**אִיתַי.** יֵשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**There are** Aram. אִיתַי


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:12:2
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**יְהוּדָאִין.** מִשֵּׁבֶט יְהוּדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Judahite men** of the tribe of Judah.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:12:3
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**אֵלֶּךְ.** אֵלֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**these** Aram. אִלֵּךְ


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:12:4
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**לֹא שָׂמוּ עֲלָךְ מַלְכָּא טְעֵם.** לֹא חָשׁוּ לָתֵת עֵצָה לְעַצְמָן לָחוּשׁ עַל גְּזֵרוֹתֶיךָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**did not take counsel to follow your decree** Aram. לָא שָּׂמוּ עֲלָיִךְ מַלְכָּא טְעֵם. They did not care to give themselves counsel to care for your decrees.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:13:1
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**אֲמַר לְהַיְתָיָה.** צִוָּה לְהָבִיא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**ordered to bring** [as translated,] ordered to bring.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:13:2
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**הֵיתָיוּ.** הוּבָאוּ׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were brought** [as translated,] were brought.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:14:1
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**הַצְדָא.** שֶׁמָּא גְּזֵרוֹתַי צָדוּ וְשַׁמָּה וְדָבָר רֵיק הִיא בְּעֵינֵיכֶם, אַתֶּם **שַׁדְרַךְ מֵישַׁךְ וַעֲבֵד נְגוֹ** אֲשֶׁר לֵאלֹהַי אֵינְכֶם עוֹבְדִים? ה״א שֶׁל **הַצְדָא** מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת בִּלְשׁוֹן תְּמִיהָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Is it meaningless** Aram. הַצְדָא. Are my decrees void and desolate and an empty thing in your eyes, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not worship my god? The “hey” of הַצְדָא is used as an interrogative expression.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:14:2
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**דִּי הֲקֵימֶת.** שֶׁהֲקִימוֹתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that I have set up** [as translated,] that I have set up.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:15:1
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**כְּעַן הֵן אִיתֵיכוֹן עֲתִידִין.** עַתָּה הִנְּכֶם עֲתִידִים עַל כָּרְחֲכֶם לְקַבֵּל זוֹ עֲלֵיכֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now, behold you are destined** Now, behold you are destined against your will to accept this upon yourselves.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:15:2
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**וְהֵן לָא תִסְגְּדוּן.** וְאִם לֹא תִשְׁתַּחֲווּ תִּהְיוּ מֻשְׁלָכִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and if you do not prostrate yourselves** and if you do not prostrate yourselves, you shall be cast.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:15:3
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**לְגוֹ.** לְתוֹךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**into** into the midst of.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:15:4
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**וּמַן הוּא אֱלָהּ.** וּמִי הוּא שׁוּם אֱלוֹהַּ שֶׁיַּצִּיל אֶתְכֶם מִיָּדִי?

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and who is a god** and who is a god who will save you from my hands?


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:16:1
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**לְמַלְכָּא נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר.** לָמָּה הוּזְכַּר שְׁמוֹ? אֶלָּא כָּךְ אָמְרוּ לוֹ: אִם לְקַבֵּל עָלֵינוּ גְּזֵרָתְךָ לָתֵת מִסִּין וְאַרְנוֹנִיּוֹת וְגֻלְגָּלִיּוֹת, אַתָּה מֶלֶךְ עָלֵינוּ, אִם לִכְפּוֹר בְּהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר שְׁפַל אֲנָשִׁים בְּעֵינֵינוּ וּבָזוּי עַם אַתָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the king, ‘Nebuchadnezzar** Why is his name mentioned? But this is what they said to him: “If [it concerns] taking upon ourselves to pay taxes, either the tax from the crops or the head taxes, you are king over us, [but] if [it concerns] denying the Holy One, blessed be He, [you are merely] Nebuchadnezzar. In our eyes, you are a lowly person and the most despised of the people. You and a dog are equal.”


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:16:2
[Rashi on Daniel 3:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:16:2)

**לֹא חַשְׁחִין אֲנַחְנָא.** לֹא חוֹשְׁשִׁין אָנוּ עַל זֹאת לִטּוֹל עֵצָה מַה לְּהָשִׁיבְךָ, כִּי הַמַּעֲנֶה מוּכָן וְשָׁגוּר בְּפִינוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**we do not care** We do not care to take counsel on what to answer you, for the answer is ready and fluent in our mouths.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:17:1
[Rashi on Daniel 3:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:17:1)

**יָכִיל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתַנָא.** יָכוֹל לְהַצִּילֵנוּ מִכָּל צָרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He can save us** He can save us from all our troubles.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:17:2
[Rashi on Daniel 3:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:17:2)

**מִן אַתּוּן נוּרָא.** וּמִן יְדָךְ מַלְכָּא יְשֵׁיזִיב מִן הַכִּבְשָׁן וּמִן יָדְךָ יַצִּיל׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**From the burning fiery furnace and from your hands, O king, He will save us** from the furnace and from your hands He will save.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:18:1
[Rashi on Daniel 3:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:18:1)

**וְהֵן לָא.** וְאִם לֹא יַחְפֹּץ לְהַצִּיל גּוּפֵינוּ **יְדִיעַ לֶהֱוֵי לָךְ**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And if not** And if He will not wish to save our bodies, let it be known to you, etc.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:19:1
[Rashi on Daniel 3:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:19:1)

**הִתְמְלִי חֲמָא.** נִתְמַלֵּא חֵמָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**was filled with wrath** [as translated,] was filled with wrath.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:19:2
[Rashi on Daniel 3:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:19:2)

**וּצְלֵם אַנְפּוֹהִי אֶשְׁתַּנִּי.** וּפַרְצוּף פָּנָיו נִשְׁתַּנּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the features of his face changed** [as translated,] and the features of his face changed.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:19:3
[Rashi on Daniel 3:19:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:19:3)

**לְמֵזֵא לְאַתּוּנָא.** לְהַצִּית לְכִבְשַׁן הָאֵשׁ וּלְחַמְּמוֹ׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to heat the furnace** to light the fiery furnace and to heat it.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:19:4
[Rashi on Daniel 3:19:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:19:4)

**חַד שִׁבְעָה עַל דִּי חֲזֵה לְמֵזְיֵהּ.** עַל אַחַת שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים שֶׁשִּׁעֲרוּהוּ עַד כְּדֵי הֶסֵּקוֹ, וּכְאִלּוּ יַבְעִירוּהוּ שִׁבְעָה שִׁעוּרִין כָּמוֹהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**seven times as much as it should be heated** instead of once, seven times as much as they calculated to heat it up; and it was as though they would kindle it seven times as much as it required.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:19:5
[Rashi on Daniel 3:19:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:19:5)

**לְמֵזְיֵהּ.** לְהַסִּיקוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to be heated** lit. to heat it.


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

**וּלְגֻבְרִין גִּבָּרֵי חַיִל דִּי בְחֵילֵהּ.** וְלַאֲנָשִׁים גִּבּוֹרֵי כֹחַ אֲשֶׁר בְּחֵילוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**certain mighty men in his army** [as translated,] certain mighty men in his army.


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

**אָמַר לְכַפָּתָה.** צִוָּה לֶאֱסוֹר אוֹתָם, שֶׁרָאָה מִתְחַזְּקִים לַעֲנוֹתוֹ קָשׁוֹת, וְאָמַר: גִּבּוֹרִים הֵם אֵלּוּ, וְצִוָּה לַגִּבּוֹרִים אֲשֶׁר בְּחֵילוֹ לֶאֱסוֹר אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he commanded...to bind** He commanded to bind them because he saw that they were strengthening themselves to answer him harshly, and he said, “These are mighty”; so he commanded the mighty men in his army to bind them.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:21:1
[Rashi on Daniel 3:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:21:1)

**גּוּבְרַיָּא אִלֵּךְ.** אֲנָשִׁים אֵלּוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**these men** [as translated,] these men.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:21:2
[Rashi on Daniel 3:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:21:2)

**כְּפִיתוּ בְּסַרְבָּלֵיהוֹן.** נִתְקַשְּׁרוּ בְּבִגְדֵי מַעֲטְפוֹתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were bound in their cloaks** They were bound in the garments in which they enwrapped themselves.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:21:3
[Rashi on Daniel 3:21:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:21:3)

**פַּטְּשֵׁיהוֹן וְכַרְבְּלָתְהוֹן** מִינֵי מַלְבּוּשׁ מַלְכוּת שֶׁהָיָה לָהֶם, וְאַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָיוּ יוֹצְאִין לִידּוֹן לִפְנֵי נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר דִּינֵי מִיתָה, לֹא שִׁנּוּ בִגְדֵיהֶם לְהַשְׁפִּיל אֶת גְּדֻלָּתָם. מִכָּאן לָמְדוּ חֲכָמִים, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ בִּשְׁעַת הַסַּכָּנָה לֹא יְשַׁנֶּה אָדָם מִן הַשְּׂרָרָה שֶׁהֻחְזַק בָּהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their trousers, their robes** types of royal raiment that they had; and although they were going forth to be judged before Nebuchadnezzar regarding their death sentence, they did not change their clothes to humble their greatness. From here the Sages learned that even in times of danger, a person should not change from the ruling position to which he has become accustomed.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:21:4
[Rashi on Daniel 3:21:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:21:4)

**וְכַרְבְּלָתְהוֹן.** יֵשׁ לוֹ דֻגְמָא: ״וְדָוִד מְכֻרְבָּל״ (דברי הימים א טו:כז):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their robes** Aram. וְכַרְבְּלָתְהוֹן. There is a word similar to this (in I Chron. 15: 27): “And David was clothed (מְכֻרְבָּל).


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:21:5
[Rashi on Daniel 3:21:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:21:5)

**וּרְמִיו לְגוֹא אַתּוּן נוּרָא.** וְהֻשְׁלְכוּ לְתוֹךְ כִּבְשָׁן בּוֹעֵרָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they were cast into the burning, fiery furnce** [as translated,] and they were cast into the burning, fiery furnace.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:22:1
[Rashi on Daniel 3:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:22:1)

**כָּל קֳבֵל דְּנָה.** כָּל עוּמַּת זֹאת אֲשֶׁר מִצְוַת הַמֶּלֶךְ הָיְתָה עַזָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**In view of this** in view of this, that the king’s command was strong.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:22:2
[Rashi on Daniel 3:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:22:2)

**וְאַתּוּנָא אֵזֵה יַתִּירָא.** וְהַכִּבְשָׁן הוּסַּק מְאֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the furnace was heated excessively** and the furnace was heated to a great degree.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:22:3
[Rashi on Daniel 3:22:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:22:3)

**גּוּבְרַיָּא אִלֵּךְ.** אֵלּוּ הָאֲנָשִׁים הַגִּבּוֹרִים אֲשֶׁר קָשְׁרוּ אֶת חֲנַנְיָה מִישָׁאֵל וַעֲזַרְיָה וְהִשְׁלִיכוּם לַכִּבְשָׁן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**these men** these mighty men who had bound Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah and had cast them into the furnace.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:22:4
[Rashi on Daniel 3:22:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:22:4)

**קְטִיל הִמּוֹן שְׁבִיבָא דִּי נוּרָא.** שָׂרַף אוֹתָם כֹּחַ שְׁבִיב הָאֵשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**were killed by a spark of fire** The power of a spark of fire burned them.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:23:1
[Rashi on Daniel 3:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:23:1)

**מְכַפְּתִין.** קְשׁוּרִין:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**bound** [as translated,] bound.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:24:1
[Rashi on Daniel 3:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:24:1)

**תְּוַהּ.** תָּמַהּ׃

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**was bewildered** Aram. תְּוַהּ, wondered.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:24:2
[Rashi on Daniel 3:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:24:2)

**וְקָם בְּהִתְבַּהֲלָה.** וְעָמַד בְּבֶהָלָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and stood up in haste** Aram. וְקָם בְּהִתְבְּהָלָה.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:24:3
[Rashi on Daniel 3:24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:24:3)

**עָנַיִן וְאָמְרִין.** עוֹנִין וְאוֹמְרִים לַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**answered and said** Aram. עָנַיִן וְאָמְרִין They answered and said to the king.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:24:4
[Rashi on Daniel 3:24:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:24:4)

**יַצִּיבָא מַלְכָּא.** אֱמֶת דְּבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The king is true** Aram. יַצִיבָא מַלְכָּא The king has spoken the truth.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:25:1
[Rashi on Daniel 3:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:25:1)

**שְׁרַיִן מַהְלְכִין בְּגוֹא נוּרָא.** מוּתָּרִין מֵאֲסוּרֵיהֶן וְהוֹלְכִים בְּתוֹךְ הָאֵשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**free men walking in the midst of the fire** freed from their bonds and walking in the midst of the fire.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:25:2
[Rashi on Daniel 3:25:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:25:2)

**וַחֲבָל לָא אִיתַי בְּהוֹן.** וַחֲבָלָה לֹא יֵשׁ בָּהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and there is no wound upon them** [as translated,] and there is no wound upon them.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:25:3
[Rashi on Daniel 3:25:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:25:3)

**וְרֵוֵהּ דִּי.** רְבִיעָאָה וְתוֹאֲרוֹ שֶׁל רְבִיעִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the form of the fourth** [as translated,] and the form of the fourth.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:25:4
[Rashi on Daniel 3:25:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:25:4)

**דָּמֵה לְבַר אֱלָהִין.** דּוֹמֶה לְמַלְאָךְ שֶׁרָאִיתִי בִּהְיוֹתִי עִם סַנְחֵרִיב כְּשֶׁנִּשְׂרְפוּ אוּכְלוּסָיו, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״וַיַּךְ בְּמַחֲנֵה אַשּׁוּר״ (מלכים ב יט:לה), וּנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הָיָה שָׁם וְנִמְלַט בְּתוֹךְ עֲשָׂרָה שֶׁנִּמְלְטוּ מֵהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is like [that of] an angel** It is like the angel I saw when I was with Sannecherib, when his armies were burned, as it is said (II Kings 19: 35): “[And an angel of the Lord went forth] and slew...of the camp of Assyria.” And Nebuchadnezzar was there and fled among the ten who fled from them.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:26:1
[Rashi on Daniel 3:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:26:1)

**קָרֵב לִתְרַע אַתּוּן נוּרָא** נִגַּשׁ לְשַׁעַר הֶחָצֵר שֶׁהַכִּבְשָׁן בְּתוֹכָהּ, לְדַבֵּר עִמָּהֶם; וּמִתְּחִלָּה הָיָה רוֹאֶה אוֹתָם מֵרָחוֹק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**approached the gate of the... fiery furnace** He approached the gate of the court, in which the furnace was situated, to speak with them, and at first, he saw them from afar.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:26:2
[Rashi on Daniel 3:26:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:26:2)

**פּוּקוּ וֶאֱתוֹ.** צְאוּ וּבֹאוּ, וְלֹא אָמַר לָהֶם עֲלוּ וּבֹאוּ. מִכָּאן לָמַדְנוּ שֶׁצָּף קַרְקָעִית הַכִּבְשָׁן וְהִשְׁוָה לָאָרֶץ, שֶׁלֹּא יִטְרְחוּ לַעֲלוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Step out and come** “step out and come,” but he did not say to them, “step out and ascend.” From here we learn that the floor of the furnace floated up and became even with the ground, so that they should not be troubled to go up.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:26:3
[Rashi on Daniel 3:26:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Daniel/r/3:26:3)

**בְּאֵדַיִן נָפְקוּן.** אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁבְּטוּחִין בַּנֵּס הֶעָשׂוּי לָהֶם, לֹא מָלְאָה לִבָּם לְזַלְזֵל בַּמַּלְכוּת לָצֵאת שֶׁלֹּא בִּרְשׁוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then...came out** Although they were confident of the miracle that had been performed for them, they did not dare to treat the king lightly, to go out without permission.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:27:1
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**וּמִתְכַּנְּשִׁין אֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא.** אַרְבַּע אֻמּוֹת נִמְנוּ לְמַעְלָה בָּאֲסִיפָה הָרִאשׁוֹנָה שֶׁלֹּא נִמְנוּ כָּאן: אֲדַרְגָּזְרַיָּא דְּתָבְרַיָּא גְּדָבְרַיָּא תִּפְתָּיָא, הֵם גִּבּוֹרֵי הַחַיִל אֲשֶׁר הֲרָגָם שְׁבִיב הָאֵשׁ בְּהַשְׁלִיכָם אֶת חֲנַנְיָה וַחֲבֵרָיו לָאוּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the satraps...gathered** Four nations were counted above in the first gathering who were not counted here: Adargazeria, Dethaveria, Gedaveria, Tiftaei. They are the mighty men whom the spark of fire had killed when they cast Hananiah and his colleagues into the fire.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:27:2
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**חָזַיִן לְגֻבְרַיָּא אִלֵּךְ.** רוֹאִין אֶת הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה, חֲנַנְיָה וַחֲבֵרָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**saw these men** saw these men: Hananiah and his colleagues.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:27:3
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**דִּי לָא שְׁלֵט נוּרָא בְּגֶשְׁמְהוֹן.** אֲשֶׁר לֹא שָׁלְטָה הָאֵשׁ בְּגוּפָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that the fire had taken no effect on their bodies** [as translated,] that the fire had taken no effect on their bodies.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:27:4
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**גִּשְׁמְהוֹן.** גּוּפָן בִּלְשׁוֹן אֲרַמִּי, וְיֵשׁ רַבִּים בְּזֶה הַסֵּפֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on their bodies** בְּגֶשְּׁמְהוֹן, their bodies, in Aramaic, and there are many [instances of it] in this Book.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:27:5
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**וּשְׂעַר רֵאשֵׁיהוֹן לָא הִתְחָרַךְ.** שְׂעַר רֵאשֵׁיהוֹן לָא נֶחֱרַךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the hair of their heads was not singed** [as translated,] the hair of their heads was not singed.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:27:6
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**לֹא שָׁנוּ.** לֹא נִשְׁתַּנּוּ מִמַּרְאִיתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their robes were not changed** They did not change from their appearance.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:27:7
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**לֹא עֲדָת בְּהוֹן.** לֹא סָרָה לְתוֹכָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the smell of fire had not been absorbed by them** Aram. לָא עֲדַת בְּהוֹן, did not pass into their midst.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:28:1
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**עָנֵה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר.** צָוַח נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Nebuchadnezzar cried out** [as translated,] Nebuchadnezzar cried out.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:28:2
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**דִּי הִתְרְחִיצוּ עֲלוֹהִי.** אֲשֶׁר בָּטְחוּ עָלָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who trusted him** [as translated,] who trusted him.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:28:3
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**וּמִלַּת מַלְכָּא שַׁנִּיו.** וּמִלַּת הַמֶּלֶךְ שִׁנּוּ שֶׁלֹּא לְקַיְּמוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**deviated from the command of the king** They deviated from the king’s command by not fulfilling it.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:28:4
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**וִיהַבוּ גֶשְׁמְהוֹן.** וּמָסְרוּ גוּפָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and risked their lives** lit. delivered their bodies.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:28:5
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**לֵאלָהֲהוֹן.** זוּלָתִי לֵאלֹהֵיהֶם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**except to their God** [as translated,] except to their God.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:29:1
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**שִׂים טְעֵם.** כְּלוֹמַר: יוּשַׂם חֹק:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now an order is issued by me** [as translated,] Now an order is issued by me.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:29:2
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**דִּי יֵאָמַר שָׁלוּ.** אֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר מִשְׁגֶּה, כְּלוֹמַר: שׁוּם דָּבָר שֶׁל גְּנַאי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that will speak amiss** that will speak in error, i.e., any disrespectful word.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:29:3
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**הַדָּמִין.** אֵבָרִים, כְּלוֹמַר: יְנַתְּחוּהוּ לְאֵבָרִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**limb from limb** Aram הַּדָּמִין limbs; i.e., they will cut him into limbs.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:29:4
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**נְוָלִי יִשְׁתַּוֶּה.** אַשְׁפָּה יוּשַׂם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall be made a dungheap** [as translated,] shall be made a dungheap.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:29:5
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**דִּי יְכוּל לְהַצָּלָה כִּדְנָה.** אֲשֶׁר יָכוֹל לְהַצִּיל כָּזֹאת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that can save in this manner** [as translated,] that can save in this manner.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:30:1
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**הַצְלַח.** הִצְלִיחַ וְהִגְדִּיל אוֹתָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**made...prosper** made them prosper and aggrandized them.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:31:1
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**נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר מַלְכָּא לְכָל עַמְמַיָּא.** זֶה טֹפֶס כְּתַב הָאִגֶּרֶת: נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הַמֶּלֶךְ שׁוֹאֵל לְשָׁלוֹם לְכָל הָעַמִּים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**King Nebuchadnezzar [says] to all peoples** This is the text of the missive: King Nebuchadnezzar greets all peoples.


###### Rashi on Daniel 3:32:1
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**שְׁפַר קֳדָמַי לְהַחֲוָיָה.** טוֹב לִי לְהַגִּיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**it behooves me to recite** It is good for me to tell.