## Rashi on II Samuel Chapter 13

###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:1:1
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**וּלְאַבְשָׁלוֹם אָחוֹת יָפָה.** שֶׁהָיְתָה בַּת אִמּוֹ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Avsholom had a pretty sister.** That was the daughter of his mother.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:2:1
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**לְהִתְחַלּוֹת.** עַד שֶׁנֶּחֱלָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To [the point of] sickness.** Until he became sick.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:2:2
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**כִּי בְתוּלָה הִיא.** צְנוּעָה בַּבַּיִת וְאֵינָהּ יוֹצֵאת לַחוּץ, לְפִיכָךְ **וַיִּפָּלֵא בְּעֵינֵי אַמְנוֹן וְגוֹ׳,** נִכְסֶה וְנֶעְלָם מִמֶּנּוּ מָה תּוֹאֲנָה יָכוֹל לְבַקֵּשׁ וְיִשְׁכַּב עִמָּהּ, כְּמוֹ (דברים יז:ח): ,כִּי יִפָּלֵא מִמְּךָ״, ״אֲרֵי יִתְכַּסֵּי מִמָּךְ״:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Because she was a virgin.** She was modest [and stayed] in the house and did not go outside therefore, **"It was hidden from the eyes of Amnon…** It was covered and hidden from him. What excuse he could seek [in order] to lay with her.¹ Similar to "When it is concealed from you",² [which] Onkelus translates: "When it is hidden from you."

footnotes:
¹ According to Rashi, the words in our verse, “because she was a virgin” do not tell us why Amnon was desirous of her. The reason for his desire was because she was pretty. Rashi consequently explains that these words are telling us why she was inaccessible to Amnon and are connected to the words that follow, “it was hidden in the eyes of Amnon” to find a way to lay with her.
² Devorim 17:8.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:3:1
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**אִישׁ חָכָם.** לְרִשְׁעָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Smart man.** For wickedness.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:4:1
[Rashi on II Samuel 13:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20II%20Samuel/r/13:4:1)

**דַּל.** כָּחוּשׁ, כְּמוֹ (בראשית מא:יט): ״דַּלּוֹת וְרָעוֹת תֹּאַר״:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Weak.** Weak as [we find] "weak and bad [in] appearance".³

footnotes:
³ Bereishis 41:19.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:5:1
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**אֶת הַבִּרְיָה.** אֶת הַסְּעוּדָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The meal.** The meal.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:8:1
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**וַתְּלַבֵּב.** וַתַּחֲלוֹט, סֹלֶת מֻרְבֶּכֶת בְּמַיִם רוֹתְחִין תְּחִלָּה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ בְּשֶׁמֶן:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**She made a paste.** She made a paste of flour mixed [it] first into boiling water and afterwords in oil.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:9:1
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**אֶת הַמַּשְׂרֵת.** תַּרְגּוּם שֶׁל מַחֲבַת, מַסְרֵיתָא:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The pan.** The [Onkelus'] translation of Machues is "pan".⁴

footnotes:
⁴ Vayikro 6:14.


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

**כִּי לֹא יִמְנָעֵנִי מִמֶּךָּ.** שֶׁמֻּתֶּרֶת אֲנִי לְךָ, לְפִי שֶׁנִּתְעַבְּרָה בִּי אִמִּי כְּשֶׁהִיא נָכְרִית יְפַת תֹּאַר, שֶׁלְּקָחָהּ דָּוִד בַּמִּלְחָמָה, וּמִי שֶׁיֵּשׁ לוֹ בֵּן אוֹ בַּת מִן שִׁפְחָה, אֵינוֹ בְּנוֹ לְכָל דָּבָר:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Because he will not keep me from you.** I am permitted to you because my mother became pregnant with me when she was still a gentile, pretty woman⁵ that Dovid took conjugally in war. And someone who has a son or daughter from a gentile handmaid is not considered his child for any legal matter.

footnotes:
⁵ The laws concerning the taking of gentile woman during war is discused in Devorim begginning in 21:10. The Torah calls her a יְפַת תּוֹאַר, “pretty woman.”


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:15:1
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**וַיִּשְׂנָאֶהָ אַמְנוֹן.** אָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (סנהדרין כא א): נִימָא נִקְשְׁרָה לוֹ, וַעֲשָׂאַתוּ כְּרוּת שָׁפְכָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Amnon hated her.** Our Rabbis say she tied a hair for him [in his genital area] and caused him to have a severed organ.⁶

footnotes:
⁶ One who is so injured is prohibited from marrying a Jewish woman as related in Devorim 23:2. This interpretation of our verse is in Sanhedrin 21a.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:16:1
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**אַל אוֹדוֹת.** אַל תַּעֲשֶׂה אוֹדוֹת הָרָעָה הַזֹּאת שֶׁל שִׁלּוּחַ, הַגְּדוֹלָה מִן הָאַחֶרֶת שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ עִמִּי וְעִנִּיתָנִי, וְעוֹד תּוֹסִיף רָעָה מִמֶּנָּה לְשַׁלְּחֵנִי:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Do not do this thing.** Do not do this evil thing of sending [me] away which is worse then the other [evil thing] that you did to me. You raped me and then you added on more evil than that by sending me away.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:23:1
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**וַיִּהְיוּ גוֹזְזִים.** וְדַרְכָּם הָיָה לַעֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁתֶּה בִּגְזוֹז צֹאנָם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The were shearing.** It was there custom to make a party when they sheared their flocks.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:26:1
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**וְלֹא יֵלֶךְ נָא אִתָּנוּ.** וְאִם לֹא יָכוֹל אַתָּה לָלֶכֶת, יֵלֶךְ נָא עִמָּנוּ אַמְנוֹן:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Will not come with us.** If you can not go, let Amnon go with us.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:32:1
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**עַל פִּי אַבְשָׁלוֹם הָיְתָה שׂוּמָה.** בְּצִוּוּיוֹ שֶׁל אַבְשָׁלוֹם הָיְתָה שִׂימָה זוֹ נִשֹּׁמֶת עַל עֲבָדָיו, לַהֲרוֹג אֶת אַמְנוֹן:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**This has been Avsholom's order.** By Avsholom's command was this order bestowed on his servants to kill Amnon.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:39:1
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**וַתְּכַל דָּוִד.** הֲרֵי זֶה מִקְרָא קָצָר, וַתְּכַל נֶפֶשׁ דָּוִד; וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״וְחֲמִידַת נַפְשָׁא דְדָוִד״, כְּמוֹ (תהלים פד:ג): ״נִכְסְפָה וְגַם כָּלְתָה״, לְשׁוֹן תַּאֲוָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Dovid desired.** This is a shortened verse, [it means to say:] "Dovid's soul desired." Yonoson also translates [this way:] "Dovid's soul desired," as [we find:] "[My Soul] yearns, and even pines."⁷ Language [denoting] desire.

footnotes:
⁷ Tehilim 84:3.


###### Rashi on II Samuel 13:39:2
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**כִּי נִחַם עַל אַמְנוֹן.** קִבֵּל תַּנְחוּמִין:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Because he was consoled concerning Amnon.** He accepted [words of] consolation.