## Rashi on I Samuel Chapter 7

###### Rashi on I Samuel 7:1:1
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**קִדְּשׁוּ.** זִמְּנוּ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They appointed.** Designated.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 7:2:1
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**מִיּוֹם שֶׁבֶת הָאָרוֹן בְּקִרְיַת יְעָרִים.** וְרָאוּ הַפּוּרְעָנוּת שֶׁבָּא עֲלֵיהֶם בַּעֲוֹן בֵּית עֵלִי, וְאֶת הַגְּבוּרָה שֶׁעָשָׂה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**From the time the Ark came to rest in Kiryas Yearim.** And they saw the retribution which befell them because of the sin of Eili's family, and the mighty deed which the Holy One, Blessed is He, had visited upon the Philistines.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 7:2:2
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**וַיִּנָּהוּ וְגוֹ׳ אַחֲרֵי ה׳.** עַל יְדֵי שְׁמוּאֵל, שֶׁהָיָה מְחַזֵּר מֵעִיר לְעִיר, וְשׁוֹפְטָם וּמוֹכִיחָם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The house … was drawn after Adonoy.** Through Shmuel who would travel from city to city, judging and reproving them.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 7:2:3
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**וַיִּנָּהוּ.** לְשׁוֹן הַמְשָׁכָה הוּא, וּלְשׁוֹן אֲרָמִי הוּא: תִּתְּנֵהוּ לְפוּלְחָנִי, וְכֵן ״וְלֹא נֹהַּ בָּהֶם״ (יחזקאל ז:יא), אֵין בָּהֶם תּוֹעֶלֶת לְמָשְׁכָם אֶל הַטּוֹב. וּמְנַחֵם חִבְּרוֹ ״וַיִּנָּהוּ״ לְשׁוֹן יְלָלָה, כְּמוֹ ״נְהִי נִהְיָה״ (מיכה ב:ד), וְכֵן ״וְלֹא נֹהַּ בָּהֶם״ (יחזקאל ז:יא), וּפֵירוּשׁ ״וַיִּנָּהוּ אַחֲרֵי ה׳״, שֶׁהִתְאַבְּלוּ עַל מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם הָרָעִים וְשָׁבוּ אַחֲרֵי ה׳. לָשׁוֹן אַחֵר: ״וַיִּנָּהוּ״ כְּמוֹ ״וְיִתְאַסְּפוּ וְנִקְווּ אֵלֶיהָ כָּל הַגּוֹיִם״ (ירמיהו ג:יז), מְתַרְגְּמִינָן: ״וְיִתְנַהוֹן לְמִפְלַח בָּהּ כָּל עַמְמַיָּא״, וְיִהְיֶה מִזֶּה הָעִנְיָן גַּם כֵּן ״וְלֹא נֹהַּ בָּהֶם״ (יחזקאל ז:יא), כְּעִנְיָן שֶׁאָמַר ״לֹא מֵהֶם וְלֹא מֵהֲמוֹנָם וְלֹא מִנֹּהַּ שֶׁבָּהֶם״, כְּלוֹמַר וְלֹא מִקִּבּוּץ שֶׁלָּהֶם (ספרים אחרים אינו):

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
וַיִנָּהוּ' is an expression of drawing; in Aramaic, 'תִּתְּנֵהוּ לְפוּלְחָנִי' [they were drawn after My worship]. And similarly 'וְלֹא נֹהַּ בָּהֶם' it is no use to attract them to good.¹ Menachem classifies 'וַיִנָּהוּ' as an expression of lamentation, as in 'נְהִי נִהְיָה' [a lament has come to be].² And similarly 'וְלֹא נֹהַּ בָּהֶם' [is rendered as, 'and they will have no remorse']. And the meaning of 'וַיִנָּהוּ אַחֲרֵי ה' is, "they lamented their evil deeds, and returned after 'ה." Another explanation is that 'וַיִנָּהוּ' means 'and they gathered,' as in, "And all the nations will be gathered into it [Yerusholayim]"³ which the Targum renders, "And all nations will gather into it to worship." In this manner, the verse 'וְלֹא נֹהַּ בָּהֶם' may be rendered לֹא מֵהֶם "neither from them," וְלֹא מֵהֲמוֹנָם "nor from their multitude וְלֹא [מִ]נֹהַּ [שֶׁ]בָּהֶם meaning nor from their gathering.

footnotes:
¹ Yechezkeil 7:11.
² Michoh 2:4.
³ Yirmiyohu 3:17.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 7:6:1
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**וַיִּשְׁאֲבוּ מַיִם וַיִּשְׁפְּכוּ.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וּשְׁפִיכוּ לִבְּהוֹן בִּתְיוּבְתָּא כְּמַיָּא קֳדָם ה׳״. וּלְפִי מַשְׁמָעוֹ, אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא סִימַן הַכְנָעָה, הֲרֵי אָנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ כְּמַיִם הַלָּלוּ הַנִּשְׁפָּכִין:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They drew water and poured it out.⁴** Targum Yonoson renders, "and they poured out their hearts like water, in repentance, before '."⁵ה And according to its simple meaning, it is merely symbolic of humility, [i. e.,] we are before You like these poured out waters.⁶

footnotes:
⁴ Perhaps as Dovid did in II Shmuel 23:16.
⁵ See Eichah 2:19.
⁶ Water may also be referring to the Torah which is often compared to water. By filling their hearts with Torah, the Bnei Yisroel were able to recognize their sins, feel the need to change their ways and return to ‘ה.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 7:6:2
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**וַיִּשְׁפֹּט שְׁמוּאֵל.** בֵּין אִישׁ לְרֵעֵהוּ, עַל עִסְקֵי מָמוֹן שֶׁבֵּינֵיהֶם, אוֹ עַל עִסְקֵי עֲבֵירָה שֶׁעָבְרוּ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Shmuel judged.** Between two litigants regarding monetary matters between them,⁷ or concerning sins which they had committed.

footnotes:
⁷ People sought to cleanse themselves of sins that had been committed between their fellow man. They first had to rectify their misdeeds. They therefore went to Shmuel, for him to judge them and to determine who owed what to whom and what wrongs had to be corrected.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 7:9:1
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**וַיַּעֲלֶה עוֹלָה.** וַיַּעֲלֶהָ כְּתִיב, נְקֵבָה הָיְתָה, מִכָּאן לָמְדוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ: עוֹלָה נְקֵבָה כְּשֵׁרָה בְּבָמַת יָחִיד, בְּמַסֶּכֶת עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה (כד ב):

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And offered it all as a burnt offering.** The כְּתִיב is 'וַיַעֲלֶהָ' because it was a female.⁸ From here our Rabbis deduced that a female animal is acceptable as a burnt offering on a private altar.⁹

footnotes:
⁸ Although the קְרִי is in the male form.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 7:11:1
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**מִתַּחַת לְבֵית כָּר.** ״מִלְּרַע לְבֵית שָׁרוֹן״:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Until below Beis Kor.** Below Beis Sharon.


###### Rashi on I Samuel 7:12:1
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**וּבֵין הַשֵּׁן.** שֵׁן הַסֶּלַע:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And Shein.** The peak of the rock.¹⁰

footnotes:
¹⁰ Or שֵׁן may denote the shape of the rock, i.e. it was shaped like a tooth; and it may be the same crag referred to below in 14:5.—Da’as Sofrim.