## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 4

###### Rashi on II Kings 4:1:1
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**מִנְּשֵׁי בְנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים.** אֵשֶׁת עוֹבַדְיָה הָיְתָה. כָּל 'בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים' שֶׁבַּמִּקְרָא, תַּרְגּוּמוֹ: תַּלְמִידֵי נְבִיַּיָּא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A wife of one of the disciples of the prophets.** She was the wife of Ovadyoh. Every expression of ‘בְּנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים’ [lit., “the sons of the prophets”], in Scripture, is translated [by Targum Yonoson] as, “the disciples of the prophets.”¹

footnotes:
¹ See Targum above 2:3, 2:7 and 2:15.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:1:2
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**וְהַנּשֶׁה.** הוּא יְהוֹרָם בֶּן אַחְאָב, שֶׁהָיָה מַלְוֵהוּ בְּרִבִּית מַה שֶּׁזָּן אֶת הַנְּבִיאִים בִּימֵי אָבִיו, בְּמִדְרַשׁ רַבִּי תַּנְחוּמָא. לְכָךְ נֶאֱמַר: וַיַּךְ אֶת יְהוֹרָם בֵּין זְרוֹעָיו, שֶׁפָּשְׁטוּ לִטֹּל רִבִּית.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Now the creditor.** He was Yehorom, son of Achov, who would lend him with interest, enabling him to sustain the prophets in his father’s time [according to] Midrash Rabbi Tanchuma. Therefore it is stated, “And struck Yehorom between his arms,”² which he stretched out to take interest.

footnotes:
² Below 9:24.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:2:1
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**אָסוּךְ שָׁמֶן.** כְּדֵי סִיכַת שֶׁמֶן, וְהָאָלֶ"ף בַּתֵּבָה מִן הַיְּסוֹד, כְּמוֹ אָלֶ"ף שֶל וְאַחְוָתִי בְּאָזְנֵיכֶם, וְהָאָלֶ"ף שֶׁל אִבְחַת חָרֶב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A jar of oil.** Enough oil for anointment [=אָסוּךְ], and the ‘א’ is part of the root,³ like the ‘א’ of, “and my speech [=וְאַחְוָתִי] in your ears,”⁴ and the ‘א’ of, “the dread [=אִבְחַת] of those struck down by the sword.”⁵

footnotes:
³ Alternatively, the root is סוך, and the ‘א’ is an added prefix.—Radak
⁴ Iyov 13:17.
⁵ Yechezkeil 21:20.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:4:1
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**וְסָגַרְתְּ הַדֶּלֶת.** כְּבוֹד הַנֵּס הוּא לָבֹא בְּהֶצְנֵעַ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And close the door.** [It affords] respect to the miracle [if] it comes about in secret.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:4:2
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**וְהַמָּלֵא תַּסִּיעִי.** מִלְּפָנַיִךְ, וְתִתְּנִי כְּלִי אַחֵר בִּמְקוֹמוֹ לְמַלּאוֹתוֹ, וּצְלוֹחִית הַשֶּׁמֶן לֹא תָזִיזִי מִמְּקוֹמוֹ, לְפִי שֶׁהַקָּבָּ"ה עוֹשֵׂהוּ כְּמַעְיָן, וְאֵין דֶּרֶךְ מַעְיָן לְזוּזוֹ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ, מִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה שָׁמַעְתִּי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the full one[s] you shall remove.** From before you, and you shall place another vessel in its place to fill it, but you must not move the jug of oil from its place, for the Holy One, Blessed Is He, is making it as a spring, and it is not customary to move a spring from its place.⁶ I heard this Midrash Aggadah.

footnotes:
⁶ Alternatively, she must not move the jug of oil because a miracle continues only in the place where it started.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:5:1
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**הֵם מַגִּישִׁים אֵלֶיהָ.** הַכֵּלִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They would bring [the containers] to her.** The vessels.⁷

footnotes:
⁷ They even brought her broken vessels and miraculously they became whole. These too were filled with oil.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:6:1
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**וַיַּעֲמֹד הַשָּׁמֶן.** מִלָּבֹא עוֹד, וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה: הוֹקִיר שַׁעַר הַשֶּׁמֶן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Then the oil stopped.** From coming anymore. [According to] Midrash Aggadah, the price of oil went up.⁸

footnotes:
⁸ Bereishis Rabbah 35:3.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:7:1
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**וַתָּבֹא וַתַּגֵּד וְגוֹ'.** בָּאת לִטֹּל עֵצָה, אִם לִמְכֹּר אִם לְהַמְתִּין עַד שֶׁיּוּקַר עוֹד, אָמַר לָהּ לְכִי מִכְרִי, כִּי יֵשׁ דַּי לְכָל נִשְׁיֵךְ, וְלִחְיוֹת אַתְּ וּבָנַיִךְ בַּנּוֹתָר, עַד שֶׁיִּחְיוּ הַמֵּתִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**She came and told, etc.** She came for advice, whether to sell [the oil] or to wait until it would become even more expensive. He said to her, “Go sell, for there is enough [to pay] all your debt, and for you and your sons to live with the remainder, until the dead are resurrected.”⁹

footnotes:
⁹ He blessed them with eternal life, i.e., life until the Resurrection of the Dead.—Malbim


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:8:1
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**וְשָׁם אִשָּׁה גְדוֹלָה.** חֲשׁוּבָה, וְרָאִיתִי בְּפִרְקֵי דְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר: אֲחוֹתָהּ שֶל אֲבִישַׁג הַשּׁוּנַמִּית הָיְתָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**There [lived] a prominent woman.** [I.e.,] an important [woman]. And I saw in Pirkei of Rabbi Eliezer,¹⁰ that she was the sister of Avishag the Shunamis.¹¹¹²

footnotes:
¹⁰ Chapter 23.
¹¹ See I Melochim 1:1-4.
¹² She is also identified as the mother of Iddo the prophet.—Radak See I Melochim 13:1 and Rashi there.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:8:2
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**וַיְהִי מִדֵּי עָבְרוֹ.** בְּאוֹתָהּ הָעִיר, יָסוּר אֶל בֵּיתָהּ לֶאֱכֹל לָחֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Thereafter, whenever he passed through.** In that city, he would stop at her house to eat a meal.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:8:3
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**יָסֻר.** לְשׁוֹן הוֶֹה, הָיָה סָר שָׁם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He would go.** [יור is] the present tense, [i.e.,] he would go there.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:9:1
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**הִנֵּה נָא יָדַעְתִּי.** שֶׁלֹּא רָאֲתָה זְבוּב עַל שֻׁלְחָנוֹ, וּקֶרִי עַל סְדִינוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“Behold, now I know.”** Because she never saw a fly at his table or semen on his sheet.¹³

footnotes:
¹³ Maseches Berachos 10b. From here we derive that a woman recognizes her guests better than her husband does.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:11:1
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**וַיְהִי הַיּוֹם.** וַיְהִי יוֹם אֶחָד.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And the day came.** And it was one day.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:13:1
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**חָרַדְתְּ אֵלֵינוּ.** בִּשְׁבִילֵנוּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**You have busied yourself with us.** On our account.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:13:2
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**אֶת כָּל הַחֲרָדָה הַזֹּאת.** לָשׂוּם אֶל לִבֵּךְ אֶת הָעֵסֶק הַזֶּה, כְּמוֹ: וְחָרֵד עַל דְּבָרִי, זָהִיר עַל הַדָּבָר שֶׁיְּהֵא עָשׂוּי, וְנוֹתְנוֹ אֶל לִבּוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**With all this attention.** To put your heart into this task, as in, “and shudders [=וחרד] concerning My word,”¹⁴ [i.e.,] is diligent concerning the task that it be accomplished, and puts his heart into it.

footnotes:
¹⁴ Yeshayahu 66:2.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:13:3
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**מֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת לָךְ.** מָה אַתְּ צְרִיכָה שֶׁנַּעֲשֶׂה לָךְ, שֶׁבִּשְׁבִילֵנוּ עָסַקְתְּ כָּל זֶה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**What can be done for you?** What do you need that we do for you, for you busied yourself on our account.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:13:4
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**בְּתוֹךְ עַמִּי.** בְּתוֹךְ קְרוֹבַי, אֵין אָדָם מַזִּיקֵנִי, אֵינִי צְרִיכָה לְמֶלֶךְ וְלֹא לְשַׂר הַצָּבָא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“In the midst of my people.”** Among my relatives, [i.e.,] no one harms me. I have no need for the king or for the general of the army.¹⁵

footnotes:
¹⁵ Alternatively, “I dwell among my relatives and they can speak to the king on my behalf if necessary.”—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:14:1
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**וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלִישָׁע.** לְגֵיחֲזִי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And he said.** Elisha [said] to Geichazi.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:14:2
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**וּמֶה לַעֲשׂוֹת לָהּ.** נֶגֶד הַטּוֹבָה הַזֹּאת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“Then what is there to do for her?”** To reciprocate for this favor.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:16:1
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**לַמּוֹעֵד הַזֶּה** כָּעֵת חַיָּה. כְּמוֹ שֶׁאַתְּ קַיֶּמֶת הַיּוֹם וּלְשָׁלוֹם, כָּךְ תְּהִי קַיֶּמֶת לַמּוֹעֵד הַזֶּה, וְחוֹבֶקֶת בֵּן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“At this season [next year]** when the time comes to give birth.” Just as you are alive and well today, so will you be alive at this season [next year]¹⁶ at this time and embracing a son.

footnotes:
¹⁶ I.e., Elisha was guaranteeing her future health by comparing it to her present state of health. Alternatively, חַיָּה refers to a woman who gives birth and כָּעֵת חַיָּה refers to a nine month span, the normal period of pregnancy. Elisha told her that the baby will be born after fully developing in the womb.—Metzudas Dovid


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:16:2
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**אַל אֲדֹנִי.** אַל תֹּאמַר חוֹבֶקֶת בֵּן, מַה לִּי חִבּוּקוֹ אִם סוֹפִי לְקָבְרוֹ, וְזֶה שֶׁאָמְרָה לּוֹ כְּשֶׁמֵּת הֲלֹא אָמַרְתִּי לֹא תַשְׁלֶה אוֹתִי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“Do not my master.”** Do not say, “embracing a son.” Why do I need to embrace him if I will end up burying him?¹⁷ This is what she said to him when he died, “Did I not say, ‘Do not mislead me’?”

footnotes:
¹⁷ She suspected that her son would survive for only a short period because the prophet used the expression “you will be hugging a son” instead of “you will have a son,” the expression used by the angels when they told Avrohom that Sarah will bear him a son. See Bereishis 18:10.—Malbim


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:16:3
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**אַל תְּכַזֵּב.** אַל תַּרְאֵנִי דָּבָר שֶׁיִּפְסֹק, יֵשׁ בְּיָדְךָ לְבַקֵּשׁ רַחֲמִים וְיִנָּתֵן לִי בֵּן, אַךְ בְּבַקָּשָׁה מִמְּךָ אַל תִּתֵּן לִי אֶלָּא בֵּן שֶׁל קַיָּמָא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Do not deceive.** Do not show me something that will fail. You have power to beg mercy, so that a son will be given to me. But I beg you, do not give me [any child], rather a child who will live.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:16:4
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**אַל תְּכַזֵּב.** כְּמוֹ: לֹא יְכַזְּבוּ מֵימָיו.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Do not deceive.** Like “whose waters will not fail.”¹⁸

footnotes:
¹⁸ Yeshayahu 58:11.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:17:1
[Rashi on II Kings 4:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/4:17:1)

**כָּעֵת חַיָּה.** כָּעֵת הַזֹּאת שֶׁהָיְתָה בְחַיִּים וּבְשָׁלוֹם, וּלְכָךְ נָקוּד כָּעֵת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**When the time was for her to give birth.** Like this time when she was alive and well. Therefore, the word is voweled [to mean], like “this” time.¹⁹

footnotes:
¹⁹ I.e., the ‘כ’ is voweled with a קָמַץ instead of a שְׁוָא.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:19:1
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**רֹאשִׁי רֹאשִׁי.** הִנְנִי חוֹלֶה בְּרֹאשִׁי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“My head! My head!”** I am sick in my head.²⁰

footnotes:
²⁰ It is common for those in pain to repeat their cries; see Yirmiyahu 4:19.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:19:2
[Rashi on II Kings 4:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/4:19:2)

**וַיֹּאמֶר.** אָבִיו אֶל אֶחָד מִן הַנְּעָרִים, שָׂאֵהוּ אֶל אִמּוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He said.** His father said to one of the servants, “Carry him to his mother.”


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:24:1
[Rashi on II Kings 4:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/4:24:1)

**נְהַג וָלֵךְ.** מַהֵר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“Drive and go on.”** [I.e.,] hurry.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:24:2
[Rashi on II Kings 4:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/4:24:2)

**אַל תַּעֲצָר לִי.** אַל תְּעַכֵּב עַל יָדִי אֶת הָרְכִיבָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Do not hold back from riding because of me.** Do not hold back the riding [pace] because of me.²¹

footnotes:
²¹ Some say she walked alongside the donkey and others say she rode the donkey.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:26:1
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**וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלוֹם.** הֲרֵי זֶה מִקְרָא קָצָר, שֶׁהֲרֵי הָיָה לוֹ לִכְתֹּב, וַיִּשְׁאַל לָהּ וַתֹּאמֶר שָׁלוֹם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And she said, “[All is] well.”** This is an abbreviated verse, for it should have been written, “And he asked her, and she said, ‘We are well.’”


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:28:1
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**הֲלֹא אָמַרְתִּי.** לְךָ, אַל תְּכַזֵּב בְּשִׁפְחָתֶךָ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Did I not say.** To you, “Do not deceive your maidservant”?²²

footnotes:
²² Below v. 16.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:28:2
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**לֹא תַשְׁלֶה.** לֹא תַשְׁגֶּה אוֹתִי עַל דְּבַר טָעוּת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“Do not mislead”?** Do not mislead me concerning a mistake.²³

footnotes:
²³ Alternatively, Gא תַשְׁגֶּה means “do not grieve me.”—Targum


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:29:1
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**לֹא תְבָרְכֶנּוּ.** לֹא תִּשְׁאַל לְשָׁלוֹם, וְכָל זֶה שֶׁלֹּא יַרְבֶּה דְבָרִים וְיִשְׁאָלֵהוּ לְהֵיכָן אַתָּה הוֹלֵךְ, וְהוּא אוֹמֵר לְהַחֲיוֹת אֶת הַמֵּת, וְאֵין זֶה כְּבוֹד הַנֵּס לְהִתְהַלֵּל בּוֹ מִי שֶׁבָּא עַל יָדוֹ. וְהוּא לֹא עָשָׂה כֵּן, אֶלָּא לְכָל הַשּׁוֹאֲלוֹ הוּא אוֹמֵר רַבִּי שְׁלָחַנִי לְהַחֲיוֹת אֶת הַמֵּת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Do not greet him.** Do not inquire about his welfare. All this [was done] to discourage conversation, where one might ask him, “Where are you going?” and he would say, “To revive the dead.” It is not respectful for the miracle when the maker brags about it. But, he did not obey.²⁴ When anyone asked him [where he was going], he responded, “My master sent me to revive the dead.”²⁵

footnotes:
²⁴ Geichazi took his mission very lightly and considered it a joke. He was therefore unsuccessful in his mission. Radak
²⁵ Alternatively, Elisha initially thought that the boy had merely fainted and therefore his personal presence would not be necessary.—Malbim


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:34:1
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**וַיִּגְהַר עָלָיו.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: וְאַלְהֵי עֲלוֹהִי, הוּא לְשׁוֹן עֲיֵפוּת, יֵשׁ דֻּגְמָתוֹ בְּבָרַיְיתָא דְּהַאֲזִינוּ וּבְסִפְרִי. וּמְנַחֵם פָּתַר: 'וַיִּגְהַר' פִּתְרוֹן הַמִּלָּה כְּפִי עִנְיָנָהּ, נִשְׁתַּטַּח עָלָיו.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And he spread himself upon him.** [Targum] Yonoson rendered ‘וְאַלְהֵי עֲלוֹהִי’, an expression of weariness.²⁶ There is a similar word in the Beraisa of Ha’azinu and in Sifrei. But Menachem rendered ‘וַיִּגְהַר’, an interpretation of the word according to its context, “he prostrated himself upon him.”²⁷

footnotes:
²⁶ I.e., “he laid exhausted upon him.”
²⁷ See I Melochim 18:42.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:35:1
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**וַיְזוֹרֵר.** נִתְעַטֵּשׁ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**[The boy] sneezed.** He sneezed.²⁸

footnotes:
²⁸ According to the Zohar, the boy that Elisha revived was Chavakuk the prophet. This is alluded to in v. 16 above, where the prophet tells the woman “you will be hugging [=חֹבֶקֶת] a son.”


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:38:1
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**שְׁפֹת הַסִּיר.** הוֹשִׁיבָהּ עַל הַכִּירָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Put up the large pot.** Place it on the stove.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:38:2
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**נָזִיד.** תַּבְשִׁיל.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A porridge.** A cooked dish.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:38:3
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**לִבְנֵי הַנְּבִיאִים.** לְתַלְמִידֵי נְבִיַּיָּא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**For the disciples of the prophets.** For the disciples of the prophets.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:39:1
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**לְלַקֵּט אֹרֹת.** גַּרְגִּיר שֶׁקּוֹרִין אוֹרְגָּא, שֶׁמֵּאִיר אֶת הָעֵינַיִם. וְיֵשׁ שֶׁפּוֹתְרִין 'אֹרֹת' יְרָקוֹת, כְּמוֹ: כְּחֹם צַח עֲלֵי אוֹר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To gather greens [herbs].** [‘אֹרֹת’ is] field-rocket which is called *oruge*, and it enlightens [=מֵאִיר] the eyes.²⁹ Others interpret ‘אֹרֹת’ as herbs, as in, “like a clear heat on herbs [=אוֹר].”³⁰

footnotes:
²⁹ See Maseches Yoma 18b.
³⁰ Yeshayahu 18:4.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:39:2
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**וַיִּמְצָא גֶּפֶן שָׂדֶה.** גּוּפְנָא בְּחַקְלָא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And he found a vine in the field.** A vine in the field.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:39:3
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**וַיְלַקֵּט מִמֶּנּוּ פַּקֻּעֹת שָׂדֶה.** צָמְחוּ מִמֶּנּוּ פַּקּוּעוֹת שָׂדֶה, הוּא בוליי"ן בְּלַעַ"ז, סַם הַמָּוֶת. וּבְשֵׁם רַבִּי מְנַחֵם שָׁמַעְתִּי: וַיְלַקֵּט לְבַד מִמֶּנּוּ, בִּלְעָדָיו, פַּקּוּעוֹת שָׂדֶה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And gathered wild gourds from it.** Wild mushrooms sprouted from it, *boleiz*, in O.F., which are poisonous.³¹ And in the name of Rabbi Menachem I heard, “and he gathered in addition to the fruit that grew from it, wild gourds.”

footnotes:
³¹ They did not realize that the mushrooms were poisonous.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:39:4
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**וַיְפַלַּח.** וַיְבַקַּע.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And sliced [them].** Split them.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:42:1
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**מִבַּעַל שָׁלִשָׁה.** שֵׁם מְדִינָה. וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: מֵאַרְעָא דָּרוֹמָא. 'בַּעַל' לְשׁוֹן 'מִישׁוֹר', וְהַרְבֵּה בַּמִּקְרָא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**From Ba’al-Shalishah.** The name of a province. But [Targum] Yonoson rendered, “from the land toward the south.” “בַּעַל” is an expression meaning “a plain.” There are many [such expressions] in Scripture.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:42:2
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**לֶחֶם בִּכּוּרִים.** בְּפֶסַח, שֶׁהַתְּבוּאָה מְבַכֶּרֶת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Bread from the first crop.** It was during Pesach, when the grain ripens.³²

footnotes:
³² Although the word בִּכּוּרִים usually refers to the new crop offering that was brought in the Beis Hamikdosh [see Shemos 34:26], here it merely means “bread from the first crop,” without reference to the new crop offering.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:42:3
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**בְּצִקְלֹנוֹ.** בִּלְבוּשֵׁיהּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In their shells.** In its wrapper.³³

footnotes:
³³ I.e., the grains were still in their husks. Alternatively, after grain is toasted and broken up, it is placed in a vessel known as צִקְלוֹן.—Ralbag


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:42:4
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**לָעָם.** לַתַּלְמִידִים שֶׁהָיָה זָן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To the people.** To the disciples [of the prophets] whom he sustained.


###### Rashi on II Kings 4:43:1
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**מַה אֶתֵּן זֶה.** כָּל לֶחֶם וְלֶחֶם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“How will I present this.”** Each bread.