## Rashi on I Kings Chapter 17

###### Rashi on I Kings 17:1:1
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**וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּי.** מֵאֶרֶץ (סְפָרִים אֲחֵרִים: שֵׁם הָעִיר) שֶׁשְּׁמָהּ תּוֹשָׁב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Eliyahu haTishbi said.** From a land (Other texts: The name of the city) named Toshav.


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:1:2
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**חַי ה'.** לָמָּה סְמָכוֹ כָּאן, אֶלָּא שֶׁהָלְכוּ אֵלִיָּהוּ וְאַחְאָב לְנַחֵם אֶת חִיאֵל בְּאֶבְלוֹ, אָמַר אַחְאָב לְאֵלִיָּהוּ: אֶפְשָׁר שֶׁקִּלְלַת הַתַּלְמִיד נִתְקַיְּמָה, וְקִלְלַת משֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ לֹא נִתְקַיְּמָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וְסַרְתֶּם וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶם לָהֶם, וְחָרָה אַף ה' בָּכֶם וְעָצַר אֶת הַשָּׁמָיִם, וַהֲרֵי כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹבְדִין עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, וְאֵין גְּשָׁמִים נֶעֱצָרִים, מִיָּד וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלִיָּהוּ וְגוֹ'.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**As Adonoy lives.** Why was this placed here? For Eliyahu and Achov went to console Chieil in his mourning. Achov said to Eliyahu, “Is it possible that the student’s curse was fulfilled while Moshe our teacher’s curse was not fulfilled, as it is stated, “And you turn away and serve other gods, and bow down to them, Adonoy’s wrath will be aroused against you, and He will restrain the skies [and there will be no rain].”¹ Now, all Yisroel are worshiping idols, yet, the rains are not being withheld. Immediately, Eliyahu said, etc.² ³

footnotes:
¹ Devarim 11:17,18.
² Maseches Sanhedrin 113a.
³ Eliyahu intended that by withholding the rain and dew, some or all of the people would repent from their idol worship.—Radak


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:3:1
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**וְנִסְתַּרְתָּ.** מִפְּנֵי אַחְאָב וְאִיזֶבֶל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And hide.** From Achov and Ezevel.⁴

footnotes:
⁴ No one should know where you are.—Radak


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:7:1
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**וַיִּבַשׁ הַנַּחַל.** כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּדַע צֹרֶךְ הַגְּשָׁמִים וְיַטְרִיחַ לְגָּלוּת, שֶׁהָיָה קָשֶׁה בְּעֵינֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שֶׁיִּשְׂרָאֵל שְׁרוּיִין בְּרָעָב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The brook dried up.** In order that he realize the need for rain and trouble himself to go into exile, for it was displeasing to the Holy One Blessed Is He, that Yisroel should be living in hunger.⁵

footnotes:
⁵ See Maseches Sanhedrin 113a and Rashi there.


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:9:1
[Rashi on I Kings 17:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/17:9:1)

**צָרְפָתָה.** שֵׁם הָעִיר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To Tzorphas.** [Tzorphas was] the name of the city.


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:9:2
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**צִוִּיתִי שָׁם.** בְּפָמַלְיָא שֶׁלִּי, שֶׁתְּכַלְכֶּלְךָ שָׁם אִשָּׁה אַלְמָנָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**I have commanded there.** In My retinue, that a widow will feed you there.


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:10:1
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**קְחִי נָא לִי מְעַט מַיִם.** הוּא לֹא הָיָה מַכִּיר בָּאַלְמָנָה שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, וְלָמַד מֵאֱלִיעֶזֶר עֶבֶד אַבְרָהָם, וְאָמַר: אוֹתָהּ שֶׁתִּתֵּן לִי מַיִם לִשְׁתּוֹת, הִיא הָאַלְמָנָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Please bring me a little water.** He was unable to identify the widow⁶ about whom the Holy One Blessed Is He, had told him. But he learned from Eliezer, the servant of Avrohom, and he said, “The one who gives me water to drink, she is the widow.”

footnotes:
⁶ According to the Midrash, this widow was the mother of Yonah the son of Amitai, the prophet.—Radak


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:12:1
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**מָעוֹג.** כְּמוֹ עוּגָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Cake.** [מעוג means] the same as עוגה [=cake].


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:12:2
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**מְלֹא כַף.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: מְלֵי פִּיסַת יְדָא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A handful.** [Targum] Yonoson rendered, “the palm of a handful.”


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:12:3
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**בַצַּפָּחַת.** ביטויל"א בְּלַעַ"ז (בַּקְבּוּקוֹן), כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בְּשָׁאוּל: צַפַּחַת הַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵרַאֲשׁוֹתָיו.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In a bottle.** *Bouteille*, in O.F., as it is stated regarding Shaul, “the flask of water that was at [Shaul’s] head.”⁷

footnotes:
⁷ I Shmuel 26:12.


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:12:4
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**וָמָתְנוּ.** מִשָּׁם וּלְהַלָּן נָמוּת בָּרָעָב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**We will die.** From then on,⁸ we will die of hunger.

footnotes:
⁸ I.e., because after we eat it there is nothing else left for us to eat so ultimately we will die of hunger.


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:13:1
[Rashi on I Kings 17:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20I%20Kings/r/17:13:1)

**עֻגָה קְטַנָּה בָרִאשֹׁנָה.** מִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה יֵשׁ, (לָמָּה בָּרִאשׁוֹנָה) בְּוַתֹּאמֶר לֵאָה בָּגָד.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A small cake first.** There is a Midrash Aggdah in Bereishis Rabboh⁹ (why he wanted it first) on [the verse], “And Leah said, ‘Unexpected success has come.’”¹⁰

footnotes:
⁹ The Midrash cited by Rashi is not found in our texts of Midrash Rabboh on this verse.
¹⁰ Bereishis 30:11.


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

**חָלָה בֶּן הָאִשָּׁה.** כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּצְטָרֵךְ לְמַפְתֵּחַ שֶׁל תְחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים, כִּדְאִיתָא בְשִׁלְהֵי אַגַּדְתָּא דְּחֵלֶק.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Illness struck the son of the woman.** So that he should need the Key of Resurrection of the Dead, as stated at the end of the Aggadah of [the chapter entitled] “Cheilek.”¹¹

footnotes:
¹¹ Maseches Sanhedrin 113a.


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:18:1
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**לְהַזְכִּיר אֶת עֲוֹנִי.** עַד שֶׁלֹּא בָּאתָ אֵלַי, הָיוּ שׁוֹקְלִין מַעֲשַׂי וּמַעֲשֵׂה עִירִי, וְהָיִיתִי רְאוּיָה לְנֵס, מִשֶּׁבָּאתָ לְכָאן, לֹא נֶחְשַׁבְתִּי לִכְלוּם, וְאֵין צִדְקָתִי נִכֶּרֶת (סְפָרִים אֲחֵרִים: נִזְכֶּרֶת), וְכֵן בְּלוֹט הוּא אוֹמֵר: וְאָנֹכִי לֹא אוּכַל לְהִמָּלֵט הָהָרָה, אֵצֶל אַבְרָהָם, שֶׁלֹּא תְּהֵא זְכוּתִי נִזְכֶּרֶת אֶצְלוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To cause my sins to be remembered.** Before you came, they would weigh my deeds and the deeds of my city, and I was worthy of a miracle. But since you came here, I am not reckoned with as [being worthy of] anything and my righteousness is not noticeable.¹² ¹³ (Other texts: Remembered) And similarly, concerning Lot it states, “I cannot escape to the mountain,”¹⁴ [i.e., referring] to Avrohom, for my merit will not be remembered next to his.¹⁵

footnotes:
¹² Before you came I was no worse than my neighbors, but compared to you I am a sinner.—Ralbag
¹³ Alternatively, she said that her sins were being remembered because she had not properly served Eliyahu, and that is why her son died.—Radak
¹⁴ Bereishis 19:19.
¹⁵ Bereishis Rabboh 50:11.


###### Rashi on I Kings 17:21:1
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**וַיִּתְמֹדֵד.** מִלְּשׁוֹן מִדָּה, נִשְׁתַּטַּח עָלָיו.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He spread himself out.** [ויתמודד is] an expression of מדה, [i.e.,] he spread himself upon him.¹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁶ Eliyahu prostrated himself in the same manner as Elisha did, in the case of Shunamis’ son. He placed his eyes on the youth’s eyes, and his mouth on the youth’s mouth, in II Melochim 4:34.—Radak