## Rashi on I Samuel Chapter 19

###### Rashi on I Samuel 19:3:1
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**לְיַד אָבִי.** סָמוּךְ לְאָבִי, איינשיי״ש בלע״ז:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Next to my father.** Near my father; *en ses aises* in O.F.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 19:13:1
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**וַתִּקַּח מִיכַל.** כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יָבִינוּ שֶׁבָּרַח וְיִרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרָיו:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Michal took.** So that they would not realize that he fled, and pursue him.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 19:13:2
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**אֶת הַתְּרָפִים.** עֲשׂוּיִים בִּדְמוּת גּוּף אָדָם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A manlike figure.** Made in the likeness of a human body.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 19:13:3
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**כְּבִיר הָעִזִּים.** עוֹר מֻפְשָׁט שָׁלֵם כְּחֵמֶת, פלוצי״ל בלע״ז:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A goatskin.** A hide skinned in one piece, like a skin bottle. *Flocele* in O.F.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 19:13:4
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**שָׂמָה מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו.** לְפִי שֶׁאֵין לַתְּרָפִים שֵׂעָר, וְזֶה דּוֹמֶה לִשְׂעַר אָדָם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**She put…at its head.** Because the manlike figure has no hair, and this resembles human hair.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 19:17:1
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**הוּא אָמַר אֵלַי וְגוֹ׳.** אַתָּה מְסַרְתַּנִי בְּיַד לִסְטִים אֶחָד, שָׁלַף חַרְבּוֹ עָלַי עַד שֶׁשִּׁלַּחְתִּיו:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He said to me…** You delivered me into the hands of a bandit.¹ He drew his sword at me until I let him leave.

footnotes:
¹ She placed the blame for Dovid’s escape on Shaul.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 19:19:1
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**בְּנָיוֹת.** (תרגום:) ״בְּבֵית אוּלְפָנָא״:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In Nayos.** In the house of study.²

footnotes:
² Radak explains that נָיוֹת is derived from the word נָוֶה [=beauty], referring to the Beis Hamikdosh, which is the beauty of the world. They were sitting in Romoh engaged and seeking a location for the Beis Hamikdosh, the beauty of the world.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 19:20:1
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**לַהֲקַת.** (תרגום:) ״סִיעַת״:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A group of.** A company.³

footnotes:
³ The letters לַהֲקַת are transposed from קהלת [=a group or company]; קָהָל includes the entire group and חֶבֶל [Above 10:5] means only part of the group—Malbim.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 19:24:1
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**וַיִּפְשַׁט גַּם הוּא בְּגָדָיו.** בִּגְדֵי מַלְכוּת, לִלְבּוֹשׁ בִּגְדֵי הַתַּלְמִידִים:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He too removed his garments.** His royal garments, to put on his students' garments.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 19:24:2
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**וַיִּפֹּל עָרֹם.** וּנְפַל בִּרְשַׁן, תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וּנְפַל עַרְטִילַאי״. וּבְשֵׁם רַבִּי מְנַחֵם שֶׁשָּׁמַע מִפִּי עֲרָבִי אֶחָד: ׳בִּרְשַׁן׳ בִּלְשׁוֹן עֲרָבִי מְשֻׁגָּע:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He fell down stripped.** Targum Yonoson renders וּנְפַל בִּרְשַׁן 'and he fell naked.' And in the name of R. Menachem, who heard from an Arab, בִּרְשָׁן in Arabic [means] insane.