## Rashi on II Kings Chapter 5

###### Rashi on II Kings 5:1:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:1:1)

**וְנַעֲמָן שַׂר צְבָא.** נִסִּים שֶׁנַּעֲשׂוּ עַל יְדֵי אֱלִישָׁע, מְסַדֵּר וְהוֹלֵךְ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Na’amon the general.** He goes on and lists the miracles that were performed through Elisha.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:1:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:1:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:1:2)

**תְּשׁוּעָה לַאֲרָם.** הוּא מָשַׁךְ בַּקֶּשֶׁת לְתֻמּוֹ, וְהָרַג אֶת אַחְאָב.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Victory to Arom.** He drew back his bow innocently and killed Achov.¹

footnotes:
¹ See I Melochim 22:34 and Rashi there.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:2:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:2:1)

**יָצְאוּ גְדוּדִים.** כְּשֶׁהוֹלְכִין מֵאָה אוֹ מָאתַיִם מֵעַצְמָן לִשְׁלֹל כַּאֲשֶׁר יִמְצְאוּן, הוּא קָרוּי גְּדוּד.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Bands of marauders [from Arom] went out.** When they go [in groups of] one hundred or two hundred by themselves, to plunder whatever they find, that is called a גְּדוּד [=band].


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:2:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:2:2)

**נַעֲרָה קְטַנָּה.** רִיבָה קְטַנָּה, מֵעִיר נַעֲרוֹן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A little girl.** A young girl from the city of נַעֲרוֹן.²

footnotes:
² Two apparently contradictory words, נַעֲרָה [=a twelve year old girl] and קְטַנָה [=a young child] describe the girl. Rashi therefore explains that נַעֲרָה does not mean girl, but one who comes from the city of נַעֲרוֹן, which is mentioned in I Divrei Hayomim 7:28. Alternatively, נַעֲרָה can mean a girl of any age, and when modified by קְטַנָה, it means “a small girl.”—Ralbag


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:2:3
[Rashi on II Kings 5:2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:2:3)

**וַתְּהִי לִפְנֵי.** וַהֲוַת מְשַׁמְּשָׁא קֳדָם אִתַּת נַעֲמָן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**She became [a servant] to [Na’amon’s wife].** [Targum Yonoson renders,] “and she served Na’amon’s wife.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:3:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:3:1)

**אַחֲלֵי אֲדֹנִי** לִפְנֵי הַנָּבִיא. לְשׁוֹן וַיְחַל משֶׁה, בַּקָּשׁוֹת כָּל הַמִּתְפַּלְּלִים עָלָיו יִהְיוּ, שֶׁיָּבוֹא הַנֵּס לִפְנֵי הַנָּבִיא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“My master should plead** [for curing his illness] before the prophet.” An expression [similar to], “and Moshe prayed [וַיְחַל].”³ The supplications of all those who pray for him, will be that the miracle shall come before the prophet.

footnotes:
³ Shemos 32:11. See also Tehillim 119:5.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:3:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:3:2)

**אַחֲלֵי.** שוהיידמנ"ס בְּלַעַ"ז, כְּלוֹמַר זוֹ הִיא בַּקָּשָׁה שֶׁהוּא צָרִיךְ לָהּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Plead.** *Soheidement*, in O.F., i.e., this is the supplication that he needs.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:4:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:4:1)

**וַיָּבֹא.** נַעֲמָן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He came.** Na’amon.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:4:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:4:2)

**וַיַּגֵּד לַאדֹנָיו.** מֶלֶךְ אֲרָם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And told his master.** The king of Arom.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:5:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:5:1)

**וַיִּקַּח בְּיָדוֹ.** מִנְחָה לַנָּבִיא.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And took in his hand.** A present for the prophet.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:5:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:5:2)

**וְשֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים זָהָב.** זְהוּבִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Six thousand gold [pieces].** Gold pieces.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:6:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:6:1)

**לֵאמֹר וְעַתָּה כְּבוֹא הַסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה וְגוֹ'.** הַסֵּפֶר אָמַר לוֹ, וְעַתָּה כְּבוֹא הַסֵּפֶר הַזֶּה וְגוֹ'.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Saying, “Now when this letter reaches, etc.”** The letter said to him, “And now, when this letter reaches, etc.”


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:6:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:6:2)

**וַאֲסַפְתּוֹ מִצָּרַעְתּוֹ.** 'אֲסֵפָה' בִּמְצֹרָע הִיא לְשׁוֹן רְפוּאָתוֹ, כִּי בְּהִתְרַפּאוֹתוֹ הוּא נֶאֱסָף אֶל תּוֹךְ בְּנֵי אָדָם, וּבְחָלְיוֹ הַכֹּל בְּדֵלִין הֵימֶנּוּ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Arrange to cure him of this *tzora’as*.** ‘אֲסֵפָה’ [=gathering], pertaining to a metzora, is an expression of his cure, because when he is cured, he is [once again] gathered in among people, but during his illness, everyone stays away from him.⁴ to dwell within the camp of Yisroel. See Vayikra 13:46. However, even among the other nations a *metzora* is excluded from the general community until he is cured.

footnotes:
⁴ The Torah forbids a metzora


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:7:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:7:1)

**הַאֱלֹהִים אָנִי.** הֵ"א נָקוּד פַּתָּ"ח, לְלַמֵּד שֶׁהוּא בִּלְשׁוֹן תְּמִיהָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“Am I God?”** The [first] ‘ה’ is voweled with a ‘פתח’ to indicate that it is a question.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:7:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:7:2)

**מִתְאַנֶּה.** מְבַקֵּשׁ תּוֹאֲנָה לְהִתְגָּרוֹת בִּי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He is looking for an excuse.** He is looking for a pretext to attack me.⁵ He is looking for an excuse.

footnotes:
⁵ Because he was so involved in his evil ways, it did not occur to Yehorom to seek help from Elisha the prophet.—Metzudas Dovid


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:7:3
[Rashi on II Kings 5:7:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:7:3)

**מִתְאַנֶּה.** לְשׁוֹן עֲלִילוֹת דְּבָרִים.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**[מִתְאַנֶּה is] an expression of** “false accusation [=עֲלִילוֹת דְּבָרִים].”⁶

footnotes:
⁶ Devarim 22:14.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:11:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:11:1)

**הִנֵּה אָמַרְתִּי.** סָבוּר הָיִיתִי, אֵלַי יֵצֵא הַנָּבִיא וִידַבֵּר עִמִּי וְיִרְאֶה אֶת הַחֹלִי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“Behold, I thought.”** I thought the prophet would come out and speak with me, and see the ailment.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:11:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:11:2)

**וְהֵנִיף יָדוֹ אֶל הַמָּקוֹם.** הַצָּרַעַת.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And wave his hand toward the spot.** Of the *tzora’as*.⁷

footnotes:
⁷ Alternatively, אֶל הַמָּקוֹם refers “to the place where he worships God, i.e., towards the Beis Hamikdosh.—Ralbag


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:13:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:13:1)

**אָבִי.** כְּמוֹ אֲדוֹנִי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“My father [master].”** אָבִי [lit., my father, means] the same as אֲדוֹנִי [=my master].⁸

footnotes:
⁸ We find instances where אָב is a title that is used for prominent people. See Bereishis 45:8.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:13:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:13:2)

**הֲלוֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.** וְכִי לֹא תַעֲשֵׂהוּ, אֲפִלּוּ אָמַר לְךָ דְּבַר טֹרַח.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Would you not do it?** Wouldn’t you do it, even if he told you to do something requiring exertion?


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:13:3
[Rashi on II Kings 5:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:13:3)

**וְאַף כִּי.** קַל וָחֹמֶר שֶׁאָמַר לְךָ דָּבָר קַל, רְחַץ וּטְהָר.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Certainly since.** By a fortiori conclusion, for he said to you [to do] an easy thing, “immerse yourself and become clean.”


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:15:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:15:1)

**בְרָכָה.** מִנְחַת שָׁלוֹם שֶׁל הַקְבָּלַת פָּנִים, שֶׁשּׁוֹאֵל תַּלְמִיד אוֹ עֶבֶד בִּשְׁלוֹם הָרַב, שולד"ו בְּלַעַ"ז.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A blessing [a gift].** A gift of peace, upon greeting, [e.g.,] when a student or a servant greets [his] master,⁹ *salud*, in O.F.¹⁰

footnotes:
⁹ See Bereishis 33:11.
¹⁰ Na’amon lived as a righteous gentile, keeping the seven commandments that God gave to Noach and his descendants. However, he did not convert to Judaism. See Maseches Gittin 57b.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:16:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:16:1)

**אִם אֶקָּח.** שֶׁדְּמֵי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה מְעֹרָבִין בּוֹ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**I will not accept.** Because monies pertaining to idols are included in it.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:17:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:17:1)

**וָלֹא.** לְשׁוֹן בַּקָּשָׁה, לְשׁוֹן הַלְוַאי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“Please.”** An expression of a request, an expression of הַלְוַאי [=were it only so].¹¹.

footnotes:
¹¹ Na’amon would not even take a small amount of earth with asking permission. Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:17:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:17:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:17:2)

**יֻתַּן נָא.** מֵאֲדָמָה זוֹ מֵאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁהִיא קְדוֹשָׁה, מַשָּׂא שְׁנֵי פְּרָדִים, וְאֶשָּׂאֶנָּה לְעִירִי וְאֶעֱשֶׂה אוֹתָהּ מִזְבֵּחַ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“May there be given.”** From this soil of Eretz Yisroel, which is holy, a load [of earth] carried by a team of mules, and I will carry it off to my city, and I will make it [into] an altar.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:18:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:18:1)

**בֵית רִמּוֹן.** שֵׁם עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The house of Rimon.** The name of a pagan deity.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:18:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:18:2)

**וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֵיתִי.** עַל כָּרְחִי, כְּשֶׁשּׁוֹחֶה אֲדוֹנִי וְהוּא נִשְׁעָן עַל יָדִי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To bow down there.** Against my will, when my master bows, because he leans on my hand.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:19:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:19:1)

**כִּבְרַת אָרֶץ.** שֵׁם מִדָּה שֶל קַרְקַע, כְּמוֹ: צִמְדֵי כֶרֶם, ארפינ"ט בְּלַעַ"ז.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A distance.** כִּבְרַת אֶרֶץ is the name of a land measure,¹² as in, “portions [צִמְדֵי] of vineyard,”¹³ *arpent*, in O.F.

footnotes:
¹² The distance of a mile.—Radak
¹³ Yeshayahu 5:10.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:20:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:20:1)

**מְאוּמָה.** חָסֵר אָלֶ"ף, לְפִי שֶׁהָיְתָה לְקִיחָה זוֹ לְמוּם.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Something.** The ‘א’ is missing,¹⁴. because this taking was [responsible for his being stricken with] a flaw [=[מום.

footnotes:
¹⁴ The word “מְאוּמָה” is written “מוּמָה,” without the ‘א.’ מוּם means a flaw. As a result of this taking, he was stricken with Na’amon’s flaw, that of tzora’as


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:21:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:21:1)

**וַיִּפֹּל.** וְאִתְרְכִין.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And he jumped off.** [Targum Yonoson renders,] “and he leaned over.”¹⁵

footnotes:
¹⁵ This expression is similar to the one in Bereishis 24:64 pertaining to Rivkah.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:23:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:23:1)

**הוֹאֵל.** הִשָּׁבַע שֶׁשְּׁלַחֲךָ.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**“Please.”** Swear that he sent you.¹⁶

footnotes:
¹⁶ Na’amon asked him to swear because he did not believe that Elisha changed his mind. Alternatively, הוֹאֵל means “agree.”—Metzudas Tzion


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:23:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:23:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:23:2)

**בִּשְׁנֵי חֲרִטִים.** מִינֵי בְּגָדִים וְסוּדָרִין, כְּמוֹ: הַמִּטְפָּחוֹת וְהָחֲרִיטִים, כָּךְ חִבְּרוֹ מְנַחֵם. אֲבָל יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם זֶה 'פַּלְדָּסִין', וְאֶת שֶׁבְּסֵפֶר יְשַׁעְיָהוּ תִּרְגֵּם 'מְחַכַּיָּא'. וְהַפּוֹתְרִין אוֹמְרִין: בִּשְׁנֵי חֲרִיטֵי, בִּשְׁנֵי כִּיסִין אֲרֻכִּים, פירדיי"ש בְּלַעַ"ז.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**In two bags.** Types of garments and kerchiefs, as in, “and the kerchiefs and the pouches [=חֲרִיטִים].”¹⁷ Menachem classified it thus. But [Targum] Yonoson rendered this as “פַּלְדָּסִין [=sheets],” and the one [חֲרִיטִים] in the Book of Yeshayahu, [he rendered] as “מְחַכַּיָּא [=a plate covering the genitals].” The exegetes say that “בִּשְׁנֵי חֲרִיטֵי,” means “in two long pockets,” *brides*, in O.F.

footnotes:
¹⁷ Yeshayahu 3:22.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:23:3
[Rashi on II Kings 5:23:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:23:3)

**אֶל שְׁנֵי נְעָרָיו.** שֶׁל נַעֲמָן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**His two servants.** Na’amon’s.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:23:4
[Rashi on II Kings 5:23:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:23:4)

**וַיִּשְׂאוּ לְפָנָיו.** לִפְנֵי גֵּחֲזִי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And they carried them before him.** Before Geichazi.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:24:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:24:1)

**וַיָּבֹא אֶל הָעֹפֶל.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: לַאֲתַר כָּסֵי.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And he came to a concealed place.** [Targum] Yonoson rendered, “to a hidden place.”¹⁸

footnotes:
¹⁸ Alternatively, עֹפֶל means “a stronghold,” a secure place.—Radak


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:24:2
[Rashi on II Kings 5:24:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:24:2)

**וַיִּקַּח מִיָּדָם.** מִיַּד שְׁנֵי נַעֲרֵי נַעֲמָן.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And took from their hands.** From the hands of Na’amon’s two servants.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:24:3
[Rashi on II Kings 5:24:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:24:3)

**וַיְשַׁלַּח אֶת הָאֲנָשִׁים.** שֶׁלֹּא יִרְאֶה אוֹתָם אֱלִישָׁע.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And he dismissed the men** so that Elisha would not see them.


###### Rashi on II Kings 5:26:1
[Rashi on II Kings 5:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Kings/r/5:26:1)

**הַעֵת לָקַחַת אֶת הַכֶּסֶף.** לְהִתְעַשֵּׁר, וְלָקַחַת מִמֶּנּוּ בְּגָדִים וְזֵיתִים וְגוֹ'.

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Was that the time to take silver.** To become wealthy, and to buy with it clothing and olive [trees], etc.