## Rashi on Habakkuk Chapter 1

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

**הַמַּשָּׂא אֲשֶׁר חָזָה.** ״מַטַּל נְבוּאֲתָא״, מַה שֶּׁנָּשָׂא וְקִבֵּל בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The prophecy** Heb. הַמַשָּׂא. The burden of prophecy - what he bore and received by the Holy Spirit. [after *Jonathan*]


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

**עַד אָנָה ה׳.** צוֹפֶה הָיָה בְּרוּח הַקֹּדֶשׁ שֶׁעָתִיד נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר לִמְלֹךְ בַּכִּפָּה וְלִהְיוֹת מֵצֵר לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בִּנְבוּאָתוֹ ״כִּי הִנְנִי מֵקִים אֶת הַכַּשְׂדִּים וְגוֹ׳״, וְעַל זֹאת הָיָה מִתְאוֹנֵן וּמִתְפַּלֵּל.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Lord! How long** -He foresaw with the Holy Spirit that Nebuchadnezzar was destined to be the ruler of the world and to cause trouble for Israel, as the matter is stated in his prophecy (1:6): “For behold, I raise up the Chaldeans, etc.” He was complaining for this.


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

**אֶזְעַק אֵלֶיךָ חָמָס.** אַזְכִּיר לְפָנֶיךָ חָמָס הֶעָשׂוּי לִי וְאֵינְךָ מוֹשִׁיעַ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I cry out to You of violence** I mention before You the violence committed against me, and You do not save me.


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

**אָוֶן.** בִּזָּה וְחָמָס.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**iniquity** plunder and violence.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:3:2
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:3:2)

**וְעָמָל תַּבִּיט.** עָמָל זֶה אַתָּה מַבִּיט וְאֵינְךָ עוֹזֵר.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and look upon mischief** You look upon this mischief, but You do not help.


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

**וַיְהִי רִיב וּמָדוֹן יִשָּׂא.** וְזֶה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הַנּוֹשֵׂא רִיב וּמָדוֹן הֹוֶה וּמִתְקַיֵּם וּמַצְלִיחַ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the one who bears quarrel and strife endures** And this wicked man who bears quarrel and strife, will live, remain in existence, and prosper.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:3:4
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:3:4)

**וַיְהִי.** וְיִתְקַיֵּם אוֹתוֹ אֲשֶׁר רִיב וּמָדוֹן יִשָּׂא, כֵּן תַּרְגּוּם יוֹנָתָן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**endures** He who bears quarrel and strife will endure. So did *Jonathan* render.


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

**עַל כֵּן תָּפוּג תּוֹרָה.** עַל זֶה שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל רוֹאִין הַצְלָחָתוֹ שֶׁלּוֹ, תָּפִיג וְתַעֲבֹר תּוֹרָה מֵהֶם, וְיִשְׁמְעוּ לוֹ וְיִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַצּוּרָה בְּבִקְעַת דּוּרָא.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Therefore Torah is slackened** Because of this, that Israel sees his [the wicked man’s] success, the Torah will slacken and leave them; and they [Israel] will obey him [the wicked man] and prostrate themselves before the idol in the valley of Dura.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:4:2
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:4:2)

**וְלֹא יֵצֵא לָנֶצַח מִשְׁפָּט.** הַדָּת לַאֲמִתּוֹ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and justice does not go out forever** I.e., the true decision of the Law.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:4:3
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:4:3)

**מַכְתִּיר.** סוֹבֵב, כְּמוֹ (תהילים כב:יג) ״אַבִּירֵי בָשָׁן כִּתְּרוּנִי״.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**surrounds** surrounds, as in (Ps. 22:13): “Strong bulls of Bashan have surrounded me (כִּתְּרוּנִי).”


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

**לֹא תַאֲמִינוּ כִּי יְסֻפָּר.** זֹאת לָכֶם אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי מֵקִים אֶת הַכַּשְׂדִּים, הָעָם אֲשֶׁר לֹא הָיָה כְּדַאי לְהִבָּרְאוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו כג:יג) ״זֶה הָעָם לֹא הָיָה״. הֵם אֶחָד מִשְּׁלֹשָׁה דְבָרִים שֶׁהַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא כִּבְיָכוֹל מִתְחָרֵט עַל בְּרִיאָתָם, וְעַתָּה יָקוּם וְיִהְיֶה מַר וְנִמְהָר לָרוּץ וְלָלֶכֶת לְמֶרְחֲבֵי אַרְצוֹת כָּל הַגּוֹיִם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**You shall not believe when it is told** When this is told to you, that I am setting up the Chaldeans, the people that did not deserve to be created, as it is written (Isa. 23:13): “This people has never been.” They are one of three things whose creation God regrets, and now [they] will rise, and [they] will be bitter, and [they will be] impetuous to run and to march to the breadth of the lands of all the nations.


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

**מִמֶּנּוּ מִשְׁפָּטוֹ וּשְׂאֵתוֹ יֵצֵא.** מִמֶּנּוּ שׁוֹפְטִים, מִמֶּנּוּ מְלָכִים הַמְּטִילִין מַשָּׂא וְאֵימָה עַל הַכֹּל. **מִשְׁפָּטִים** – יושטיצי״א בְּלַעַ״ז.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from themselves their judgment and their burden shall emanate** From them are judges; from them are kings, who cast a burden and a fear upon all. **their judgment** *joustice* in O.F:


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

**וּפָשׁוּ פָּרָשָׁיו.** רַבּוּ פָּרָשָׁיו.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and their riders shall increase** Heb. וּפָשוּ.


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

**לְחָמָס יָבוֹא.** לִשְׁלֹל וְלָבֹז.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**come to commit violence** to plunder and to spoil.


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

**מְגַמַּת פְּנֵיהֶם.** לְשׁוֹן ״הַגְמִיאִינִי נָא״ (בראשית כד:יז), ״יְגַמֶּא אָרֶץ״ (איוב לט:כד). רָץ בִּמְרוּצָה לְשָׁעָה קַלָּה כִּבְרַת אֶרֶץ, כְּאִלּוּ גָּמָא וְשָׁתָה הָאָרֶץ שֶׁלְּפָנָיו. וְאַף כָּאן ״מְגַמַּת פְּנֵיהֶם״, גְּמִיאַת שְׁאִיפַת פְּנֵיהֶם דּוֹמֶה לְרוּחַ הַקָּדִים עַזָּה שֶׁבָּרוּחוֹת, כֵּן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the eagerness of their faces** an expression like (Gen. 24: 17) “Give me to swallow, (הַגְמִיאִינִי) I pray you” and (Job 39:24) “He swallows (יְגַמֶּה) the earth.” He runs swiftly - in a short time a distance of a day’s plowing - as though he had swallowed and drunk the earth that is before him. Here, too, the swallowing of their faces; the swallowing, the longing of their faces resembles the east wind, the fiercest of the winds. So did *Jonathan* render this.


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

**וְהוּא בַּמְּלָכִים יִתְקַלָּס.** מִתְלוֹצֵץ בָּהֶם, וְכָל לְשׁוֹן ׳קַלָּסָה׳ לְשׁוֹן ׳דִּבּוּר׳ הַנִּדְבָּרִים בּוֹ, יֵשׁ לְטוֹב יֵשׁ לְרַע, פרלרי״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they shall mock the kings** shall mock them. Every expression of קַלָּסָה is an expression for the speech of those speaking about another; some [of these speeches] are for good, and some for bad - *parledic* in O.F.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:10:2
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:10:2)

**מִשְׂחָק.** כְּמוֹ ׳שְׂחוֹק׳, כְּמוֹ ׳מִשְׁמָר׳, ׳מִסְתָּר׳.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a laughingstock** like שְּׂחוֹק, laughter, like מִשְׁמָר, a watch, and מִסְתָּר, a hiding place.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:10:3
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:10:3)

**לְכָל מִבְצָר יִשְׂחָק.** אִם אוֹיְבוֹ בְּמִבְצָר חָזָק, יִשְׂחַק לוֹ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He shall scoff at every fortress** If his enemy is in a strong fortress, he scoffs at him.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:10:4
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:10:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:10:4)

**וַיִּצְבֹּר עָפָר.** עָלָיו בְּרֹב חֵילוֹתָיו. כָּל אֶחָד נוֹשֵׂא מַשָּׂא עָפָר, וַהֲרֵי הִיא לִפְנֵי הַחוֹמָה תֵּל גָּבוֹהַּ וְנִלְחָמִים בָּהּ עַל הָעִיר, וְהִיא שְׁפִיכַת סוֹלְלָה, כִּי כְֻּלָּן מְתֻרְגָּמוֹת ״וַיִּצְבֹּר עֲלָהּ מְלֵיתָא״, וְאַף הִיא לְשׁוֹן ׳מִלּוּא׳ שֶׁהָיָה בְּעִיר דָּוִד. הוּא תֵּל גָּבוֹהַּ וְנִלְחָמִים בָּהּ, שֶׁעַל רֹאשָׁהּ מִגְדָּל בָּנוּי וְשִׁפּוּעוֹ מְשַׁפֵּעַ לַצְּדָדִין, וּסְבִיבוֹת מַרְגְּלוֹתָיו חוֹמָה נְמוּכָה לְהַחֲזִיק הֶעָפָר מִלִּפֹּל.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he piles up earth** upon it with his many armies, each one carrying a load of earth. It [the pile] is before the wall as a high mound, and they [the Chaldeans] battle from upon it. This is called שְׁפִיכַת סוֹלְלָה, pouring a siege mound (cf. Isa. 37:33), for all of them are translated into Aramaic: וְיִצְבּוֹר עֲלָה מְלֵיתָא, and he piled upon it a filling. This is an expression of Milo, for in the city of David there was a high mound, and they would battle upon it. Atop the mound was built a tower whose slant was inclined to the sides, and around its base was a low wall to prevent the earth from falling.


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

**אָז חָלַף רוּחַ.** אָז בִּרְאוֹתוֹ דַּרְכּוֹ צָלְחָה, רוּחַ חוֹלֶפֶת וְעוֹבֶרֶת עָלָיו, רוּחַ אַשְׁמָה. וּמַהוּ הָרוּחַ? זֶה **כֹחוֹ לֵאלֹהוֹ** – הַכֹּחַ הַזֶּה הוּא נוֹתֵן לֵאלֹהוֹ, וְאָמַר: אֱלֹהַי עָשָׂה לִי כָּל הַחַיִל הַזֶּה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Then a spirit goes further** Then, when they see their way prospering, a spirit of guilt goes further and passes over them. Now what is the spirit? **this strength they attribute to their god** This strength they attribute to their god, and they say, “My god acquired all this wealth for me.” Says the prophet, “Now, You, why should You remain silent to all this?”


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

אָמַר הַנָּבִיא: וְאַתָּה לָמָּה תַחֲרִישׁ לְכָל זֹאת? **הֲלֹא אַתָּה מִקֶּדֶם אֱלֹהַי קְדוֹשִׁי וְכוּ׳**. וְזֶה שֶׁכָּתוּב ״לֹא נָמוּת״ – אֶחָד מִתִּקּוּנֵי סוֹפְרִים שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא הוּא, שֶׁכִּנָּה הַכָּתוּב. וְכֵן (מלאכי א:יג) ״וְהִפַּחְתֶּם אוֹתוֹ״, וְכֵן הַרְבֵּה הַמְפֹרָשִׁים בְּסִפְרֵי. וּלְפִי תִּיוּן הַסּוֹפְרִים זֶה, פֵּרוּשׁוֹ: הֲלֹא אַתָּה אֱלֹהַי מִקֶּדֶם קְדוֹשִׁי? אַל תִּתְּנֵנִי לָמוּת בְּיָדוֹ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Are You not from everlasting, O Lord, my God, my Holy One?** Who shall not die. Now, the reason it is written לֹא נָמוּת we shall not die, is that it is one of the emendations of the scribes in Scripture, by which Scripture euphemizes. Likewise, (Mal. 1:13) “And you sadden it.” And so are many of them [these euphemisms] explained in *Sifre* (Num. 10:35). According to the emendation of the scribes, this is its explanation: Are you not my God from everlasting, my Holy One? Do not deliver us into their hands to die.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:12:2
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:12:2)

**ה׳ לְמִשְׁפָּט שַׂמְתּוֹ.** יָדַעְתִּי כִּי לֹא הֶעֱמַדְתּוֹ לָזֶה אֶלָּא לִשְׁפּוֹט אֶת הַמּוֹרְדִים בְּךָ, וּמִכָּל מָקוֹם כָּל זֶה לָמָּה יִתְקַיֵּם? הֲלֹא...

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**O Lord, You have ordained them for judgment** I know that You have set this one [Nebuchadnezzar] up only to judge those who rebel against You. In any case, why should all this come about? Is it not so that...


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:13:1
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:13:1)

**טְהוֹר עֵינַיִם** אַתָּה מֵרְאוֹת בְּרַע.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**[You are] of eyes too pure** to behold evil?


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:13:2
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:13:2)

**וְהַבִּיט.** כְּמוֹ ׳וּלְהַבִּיט׳ אֶל עָמָל.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**gaze** like וּלְהַבִּיט, and to gaze upon iniquity.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:13:3
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**צַדִּיק מִמֶּנּוּ.** שֶׁהוּא מְסַמֵּא אֶת עֵינֵי צִדְקִיָּהוּ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one more righteous than he** that he will blind the eyes of Zedekiah (II Kings 25:7).


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:14:1
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**וַתַּעֲשֶׂה אָדָם.** לִפְנֵי נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הֶפְקֵר כִּדְגֵי הַיָּם, שֶׁכָּל הָרוֹצֶה לָצוּד צוֹדֶה מֵהֶם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And You have made man** before this wicked man - free as the fish of the sea, which anyone who wishes may catch.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:15:1
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:15:1)

**כֻּלֹּה בְּחַכָּה הֶעֱלָה.** כָּל הָאָדָם זֶה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הֶעֱלָה בְּחַכָּה שֶׁלּוֹ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He takes all of them up with the fishhook** This wicked man takes up all people with his fishhook.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:15:2
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**יְגֹרֵהוּ.** לְשׁוֹן ״אָגְרָה בַקָּצִיר״ (משלי י:ה), ״נֶהֶרְסוּ מַמְּגֻרוֹת״ (יואל א:יז).

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**catches them** an expression of (Prov. 6:8) “Gathers (אָגְרָה) her food in the harvest,” and (Joel 1: 17) “Granaries (מַמְּגֻרוֹת) are demolished.”


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:16:1
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:16:1)

**יְזַבֵּחַ לְחֶרְמוֹ.** לַעֲבוֹדָה זָרָה שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר שֶׁהִיא כּוֹבֶשֶׁת הַכֹּל לְפָנָיו.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**he sacrifices to his net** To his god, for he says that it conquers everyone before him.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:16:2
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:16:2)

**בָּהֵמָּה.** כְּמוֹ ׳בָּהֶם׳, בִּשְׁבִילָם.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**through them** This is similar to בהם, because of them.


###### Rashi on Habakkuk 1:16:3
[Rashi on Habakkuk 1:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Habakkuk/r/1:16:3)

**בְּרִיאָה.** שְׁמֵנָה.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a fatling** fat.


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

**הַעַל כֵּן יָרִיק חֶרְמוֹ.** יֵשׁ תְּמִיהוֹת הַרְבֵּה הַמִּתְקַיֶּמֶת, כְּמוֹ ״הֲנִגְלֹה נִגְלֵיתִי״ דְּעֵלִי (שמואל א ב:כז), ״הֲרוֹאֶה אַתָּה״ (שם ב טו:כז), אַף כָּאן: הֲנִרְאֶה בְּעֵינֶיךָ שֶׁעַל כֵּן הוּא מַצְלִיחַ כָּל שָׁעָה? שֶׁיָּרִיק חֶרְמוֹ עַל הַכֹּל וְלָצוּד צֵיד. **יָרִיק** – כְּמוֹ (תהלים לה:ג) ״הָרֵק חֲנִית״, ״וַיָּרֶק אֶת חֲנִיכָיו״ (בראשית יד:יד), מִזְדַּיֵּן בְּחֶרְמוֹ.

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Because of this does he arm himself with his net** There are many interrogative forms that are affirmative, e.g., (I Sam. 2:27) “Did I appear?” concerning Eli, and (II Sam. 15:27) “Do you see?” Here, too: Does it appear in Your eyes that because of this he prospers every time, in that he arms himself with his net over everyone and to hunt game? **arms himself** As in (Gen. 14:14) “And he armed (וַיָּרֶק) his trained men” and (Ps. 35:3): “Arm yourself (הָרֵק) with a spear.” He arms himself with his net.