## Rashi on I Samuel Chapter 18

###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:6:1
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**וּבְשָׁלִשִׁים.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וּבְצִלְצְלִין״. מִין כְּלֵי זֶמֶר:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And cymbals.** Targum Yonoson renders, 'and with cymbals,' a type of musical instrument.¹

footnotes:
¹ Perhaps a three [=שָׁלשׁ] stringed harp.—Radak.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:8:1
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**וְעוֹד לוֹ.** וְעוֹד לוֹ מַה הוּא נֶחְסָר שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לְהוֹסִיף לוֹ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He is lacking.** What more is he lacking, that he needs to acquire?


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:8:2
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**אַךְ הַמְּלוּכָה.** אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ עוֹד אֶלָּא לַמַּלְכוּת:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Only the kingship.** He needs nothing else but the kingship.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:9:1
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**עוֹיֵן.** (תרגום:) ״עַיִן רָעָה״:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Viewed suspiciously.** With an envious glance.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:10:1
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**יִתְנַבֵּא.** ״וְאִשְׁתַּטֵּי״ נָבִיא וְשׁוֹטֶה מְדַבְּרִים דִּבְרֵי רְמָזִים שֶׁאֵינָם נִכָּרִים:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And he raved.** [Literally 'he prophesied'] but Targum renders, 'and he raved.' A prophet and a madman speak in unintelligible hints.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:11:1
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**אַכֶּה בְדָוִד וּבַקִּיר.** מַכָּה אַחַת אַכֶּה, שֶׁיִּכָּנֵס הַחֲנִית בְּדָוִד וּבַקִּיר:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**I will strike Dovid and the wall.** I will strike one blow so, that the spear will pierce Dovid and the wall.²

footnotes:
² Shaul wanted to strike Dovid in a manner that it would appear that it was unintentional.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:14:1
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**מַשְׂכִּיל.** מַצְלִיחַ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Succeeded.** Succeeded.³

footnotes:
³ Although ‘שֵׂבֶל’ usually indicates wisdom, here it is used to indicate success.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:17:1
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**וְשָׁאוּל אָמַר.** בְּלִבּוֹ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Shaul said.** To himself.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:17:2
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**אַל תְּהִי יָדִי בוֹ.** פֶּן אֶעָנֵשׁ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Let not my hand be upon him.** Lest I will be punished.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:17:3
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**וּתְהִי בוֹ יַד פְּלִשְׁתִּים.** לְכָךְ אָמַר לוֹ וְהִלָּחֵם מִלְחֲמוֹת ה׳:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**But let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.** Therefore, he said to him, "and fight Adonoy's wars."


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:19:1
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**בְּעֵת תֵּת.** כְּשֶׁהִגִּיעַ זְמַן שֶׁקָּבְעוּ לְתִתָּהּ לוֹ, וּבְעוֹד שֶׁהָיוּ מִתְעַסְּקִים לְתִתָּהּ לוֹ, נִתְגַּלְגֵּל הַדָּבָר וְנִתְּנָה לְעַדְרִיאֵל:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**When the time came to give.** When the time arrived which they had set to give her to him, and while they were involved with giving her to him, it turned out that she was given to Adrieil.⁴

footnotes:
⁴ Son of Barzili. See II Shmuel 21:8. She married Adrieil without Shaul’s knowledge—Metzudas Dovid.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:21:1
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**בִּשְׁתַּיִם תִּתְחַתֵּן בִּי.** שְׁתֵּי בָּנוֹת יֵשׁ לִי, בְּאַחַת מֵהֶן תִּתְחַתֵּן בִּי וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״בַּחֲדָא מִתְּרֵין״. כַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ (שמואל ב כד:יב): שָׁלֹשׁ אָנֹכִי נוֹטֵל עָלֶיךָ. אַחַת מִשָּׁלֹשׁ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁמְּפֹרָשׁ שָׁם: בְּחַר לְךָ אַחַת מֵהֶם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Through the second [of my two daughters] you will become my son-in-law.** I have two daughters; through one of them, you will become my son-in-law.⁵ And similarly did Targum Yonoson render, 'with one of the two.' Similarly [we find], "I hold three things [meaning, one of three things] over you,"⁶ as Scripture clarifies there, "choose one of them."⁷

footnotes:
⁵ See Maseches Sanhedrin 19b.
⁶ II Shmuel 24:12.
⁷ Ibid.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:26:1
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**וְלֹא מָלְאוּ הַיָּמִים.** לֹא הִמְתִּין עַד מְלֹאת הַיָּמִים שֶׁקָּבַע לוֹ לְהָבִיא אֶת מֵאָה הָעֲרָלוֹת:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Time had not yet expired.** He did not wait until the time expired which he had set for him to bring the one hundred foreskins.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:27:1
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**וַיָּקָם דָּוִד וַיֵּלֶךְ הוּא וַאֲנָשָׁיו וְגוֹ׳ וַיְמַלְאוּם.** פרישנטי״ר בלע״ז:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Dovid rose and went, he and his men…and gave them all.⁸** *Presenter* in O.F.

footnotes:
⁸ I.e., all two hundred, though Shaul demanded only one hundred.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:29:1
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**לְרֹא.** לִירְאָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To fear.** To fear.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 18:30:1
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**וַיֵּצְאוּ שָׂרֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים.** לָבֹא בִּגְדוּדִים לִשְׁלֹל שָׁלָל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The Philistines officers would venture out.** To come in troops to plunder [the Bnei] Yisroel.