## Rashi on Isaiah Chapter 36

###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:2:1
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**בִּתְעָלַת.** פושי״ר בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**near the conduit** fosed (fosse) in French, (a ditch, a trench, a moat.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:2:2
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**בְּרֵכָה.** מְקוֹם כִּנּוּס מַיִם, חָפוּר בַּקַּרְקַע בִּידֵי אָדָם לָתֵת בּוֹ דָּגִים, אָרוֹךְ וְרָחָב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the pool** A place where water is gathered, dug in the ground by man, in which to put fish. It is long and wide.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:2:3
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**בִּמְסִלַּת.** דֶּרֶךְ כְּבוּשָׁה, קמי״ן בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the road** A paved road. (chemin in French.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:2:4
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**שְׂדֵה כוֹבֵס.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: ״חֲקַל מִשְׁטַח קַצְרַיָּא״, שֶׁשּׁוֹטְחִין שָׁם הַכּוֹבְסִים אֶת הַבְּגָדִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the washer’s field** Jonathan renders: A field where the washers stretch out, i.e., where the washers stretch out the garments.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:3:1
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**הַמַּזְכִּיר.** כּוֹתֵב הַזִּכְרוֹנוֹת בְּסִפְרֵי דִּבְרֵי הַיָּמִים, (דבר אחר: **הַמַּזְכִּיר** אֵיזֶה דִּין בָּא לְפָנָיו רִאשׁוֹן שֶׁיִּפְסְקֶנּוּ רִאשׁוֹן):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the recorder** The writer of the records in the annals. (Another explanation: He would record which judgment came before him first, that he adjudicate it first.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:5:1
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**אָמַרְתִּי.** עַד הֵנָּה **אַךְ דִּבְרֵי שְׂפָתַיִם** הוּא בְּפִיו לֵאמֹר: ״לֹא אֶעֱבֹד לְמֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר״, וּמִשֶּׁיִּרְאֶה שֶׁאֶעֱלֶה עָלָיו לְצָבָא יַחֲזֹר בּוֹ; עַכְשָׁיו הֲרֵי עָלִיתִי, מֵעַתָּה אוֹ יַעַבְדֵנִי, אוֹ צָרִיךְ הוּא לְבַקֵּשׁ **עֵצָה וּגְבוּרָה לַמִּלְחָמָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I said** (until now), “It is but words of the lips, that he speaks (lit., in his mouth), saying, ‘I will not serve the king of Assyria.’ And when he sees that I will march against him with an army, he will recant. Now I have marched. From now on, either he will serve me, or he will need to seek counsel and might for war.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:5:2
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**עַתָּה.** שֶׁבָּא הָעֵת, אֱמוֹר נָא **עַל מִי בָטַחְתָּ** לִמְרוֹד בִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now** that the time has come, tell me now on whom you have depended to rebel against me.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:6:1
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**אֲשֶׁר יִסָּמֵךְ אִישׁ** עַל **הַקָּנֶה הָרָצוּץ** הַנִּשְׁבָּר, וְהַקְּרוּמִיּוֹת בָּאִים **בְכַפּוֹ** וְנוֹקְבִין אוֹתָהּ, **כֵּן פַּרְעֹה** לַבּוֹטְחִים בּוֹ; סוֹפָן לִהְיוֹת עֶזְרָתוֹ לְרָעָתָן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**upon which a man will lean** On the splintered and broken reed, and the scaly envelopes enter his palm and puncture it, so is Pharaoh to those who trust him. Eventually, their aid will be to their detriment.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:7:1
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**אֲשֶׁר הֵסִיר חִזְקִיָּה אֶת בָּמֹתָיו.** בִּעֵר אֶת כָּל בָּתֵּי עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה וּמִזְבְּחוֹת וּבָמוֹת, וְהִזְקִיק אֶת כָּל יְהוּדָה לְהִשְׁתַּחֲווֹת לִפְנֵי מִזְבֵּחַ אֶחָד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Whose high places...has removed** He abolished all the pagan temples and the altars and the high places, and has coerced all Judah to prostrate themselves before one altar.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:8:1
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**הִתְעָרֶב נָא.** בְּדָבָר זֶה, אִם תּוּכַל לְקַיְּמָן. לְשׁוֹן ׳עֵרָבוֹן׳, שֶׁקּוֹרִין גי״ר בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**wager now** on this matter, if you will be able to accomplish it. This is an expression of a wager, which is called gajjer in O.F.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:9:1
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**וְאֵיךְ תָּשִׁיב.** אֲפִלּוּ **פְּנֵי פַחַת אַחַד** שֶׁהוּא מֵ**עַבְדֵי אֲדוֹנִי הַקְּטַנִּים**, שֶׁהַקָּטָן בְּרָאשֵׁי גְּיָסוֹת שֶׁלּוֹ מְמֻנֶּה עַל אֲלָפִים אִישׁ (מכילתא בשלח שירה ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And how can you repulse** even a captain, who is one of my master’s smallest servants, for the smallest of the heads of his troops is in charge of two thousand men.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:9:2
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**אַחַד עַבְדֵי.** אֶחָד מֵעַבְדֵי, כְּמוֹ ״אַחַד הַשִּׂיחִם״ (בראשית כא:טו), ״אַחַד הָרֵיקִים״ (שמואל ב ו:כ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**one of...servants** (אַחַד) one of the servants of. Comp. (Gen. 21:15) “One of (אַחַד) the bushes.” Also (II Sam. 6:20) “One of (אַחַד) the idlers.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:10:1
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**הֲמִבַּלְעֲדֵי ה׳.** שֶׁלֹּא מֵרְשׁוּתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**is it [with] other than the Lord** Without His permission?


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:10:2
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**ה׳ אָמַר אֵלַי.** כְּבָר נִבְּאוּ הַנְּבִיאִים: ״יִשָּׂא אֶת חֵיל דַּמֶּשֶׂק וְאֶת שְׁלַל שׁוֹמְרוֹן לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר״ (ישעיהו ח:ד), וְהוּא טָעָה לוֹמַר: ״כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי לְשׁוֹמְרוֹן כֵּן אֶעֱשֶׂה לִירוּשָׁלִָם״ (ישעיהו י:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The Lord said to me** The prophets have already prophesied (supra 8:4): “The wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria shall be carried off before the king of Assyria.” But he erred, saying (supra 10:11), “Indeed, as I did to Samaria..., so will I do to Jerusalem...”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:11:1
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**כִּי שֹׁמְעִים אֲנָחְנוּ.** מַכִּירִים אֲנַחְנוּ אוֹתוֹ לָשׁוֹן. **שׁוֹמְעִים** – איטנדנ״ט בלע״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for we understand it** (שֹׁמְעִים, lit. hear.) We understand that language, an expression of hearing (entendenc in O.F.).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:11:2
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**וְאַל תְּדַבֵּר אֵלֵינוּ יְהוּדִית.** שֶׁכָּל הָעָם מַכִּירִים בְּלָשׁוֹן יְהוּדִית, וְהֵם מִתְפַּחֲדִים מִדְּבָרֶיךָ. (לְפִי שֶׁאָמַר לָהֶם ״אִמְרוּ נָא אֶל חִזְקִיָּה״ (ישעיהו לו:ד), (סָבְרוּ) שֶׁלֹּא בָּא לְהַפְחִיד הָעָם. וְרַבְשָׁקֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל מוּמָר הָיָה, כִּסְבוּרִים הֵם אַף שֶׁמִּצְוַת רַבּוֹ עַל רַבְשָׁקֵה, אֲבָל לִבּוֹ נִמְשָׁךְ לְמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ וְיִכָּמְרוּ נִחוּמָיו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**do not speak with us in Judean** for all the people understand the Judean language, and they are frightened by your words. (Since he said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah,” they thought that he did not come to frighten the people. Since Rabshakeh was an apostate Jew, they thought that even though his master’s orders were incumbent upon Rabshakeh to observe, his heart was attracted to his family and he would take pity upon them.)


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:12:1
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**הַאֶל אֲדֹנֶיךָ** תְּמִיהָה הוּא, לְכָךְ נָקוּד חֲטַף פַּתַּח. וְכִי אֶל שְׁנֵיכֶם לְבַדְּכֶם **שְׁלָחַנִי אֲדֹנִי**? הֲלוֹא אֶל כֻּלָּם שְׁלָחַנִי, וּלְכָךְ בָּאתִי, שֶׁכָּל הָעָם יִשְׁמְעוּ וְיִרְאוּ, וְאַל יְסִיתֵם חִזְקִיָּהוּ לִמְרוֹד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Did...to your master** (הַאֶל) This is the interrogative form. It is therefore vowelized with a ‘hataf pattah’ (not so in our editions). Did my master send me to you two alone? Indeed, he sent me to all of them, and for that reason I have come, so that all the people hear and see, and let not Hezekiah persuade them to rebel.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:12:2
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**לֶאֱכֹל אֶת צוֹאָתָם.** אַף הֵם בְּרָעָב הַמָּצוֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to eat their dung** They too (sic) would eat in the hunger of the siege.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:12:3
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**יֹאכְלוּ אֶת חֹרֵיהֶם.** רְעִי הַיּוֹצֵא דֶּרֶךְ הַנֶּקֶב שֶׁלָּהֶם, וְלָשׁוֹן נָאֶה תִּקְּנוּ סוֹפְרִים לִקְרוֹתוֹ צוֹאָתָם. כָּךְ שָׁנוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ (מגילה כה ב): מִקְרָאוֹת הַכְּתוּבִים לִגְנַאי קוֹרִין אוֹתוֹ לְשֶׁבַח, כְּמוֹ (דברים כח:כז) ״בַּעֲפוֹלִים״ – ״בַּטְּחוֹרִים״, (דברים כח:ל) ״יִשְׁגָּלֶנָּה״ – ״יִשְׁכָּבֶנָּה״, ״חוֹרֵיהֶם״ – ״צוֹאָתָם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their dung** The kethib reads חֹרָאֵיהֶם, the dung that is excreted through their orifice. Our Sages instituted to euphemize and read it צוֹאָתָם, i.e., their dung. Thus did our Rabbis teach: Verses written in uncomplimentary words are to be read in a complimentary manner, e.g., (Deut. 28:27) עֲפֹלִים (is read) טְחֹרִים. (Both mean hemorrhoids. The former means ‘that which is in the dark holes,’ being more explicit than the latter. (ibid. v. 30) יִשְׁגָּלֶנָּה (is to be read) יִשְׁכָּבֶנָּה. (Both denoting intimacy, the former related as well to a dog.) חֹרָאֵיהֶם (is to be read) צוֹאָתָם, שִׁינֵיהֶם (is to be read) מֵימֵי רַגְלֵיהֶם.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:12:4
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**שִׁינֵיהֶם.** מֵימֵי רַגְלֵיהֶם, **שִׁינֵיהֶם** צוֹאָה לַחָה. שִׁינֵי דְכַרְכַּשְׁתָּא (שבת פב א) הִיא הַחַלְחֹלֶת (חולין נ א) שֶׁקּוֹרִין טבחי״א בלע״ז, עוֹמֶדֶת עַל יְדֵי שָׁלֹשׁ שִׁנַּיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**their urine** The kethib is שִׁינֵיהֶם, loose excrement. The teeth of the large intestine. That is the intestine called tabahie in O.F. that stands on three teeth, (i.e. the glands of the rectum, which is held by three glands. They are called שִׁנַּיִּם because they are shaped like teeth).


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:14:1
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**יַשִּׁיא.** יַתְעֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**deceive** (יַשִּׁיא) mislead.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:16:1
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**עֲשׂוּ אִתִּי בְרָכָה. צְאוּ אֵלַי** לְשָׁלוֹם וּבָרְכוּנִי, וְהָבִיאוּ אֵלַי תְּשׁוּרַת שָׁלוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Make peace with me** (בְרָכָה, lit., a blessing.) Come out to me for peace and greet me and bring me a gift of peace.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:16:2
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**בְּרָכָה.** שלו״ד בלע״ז, כמו: ״וַיְבָרֶךְ יַעֲקֹב אֶת פַּרְעֹה״ (בראשית מז:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
בְּרָכָה is saloud in O.F., salutation. Comp. (Gen. 47:10) “And Jacob greeted Pharaoh.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:16:3
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**וְאִכְלוּ אִישׁ גַּפְנוֹ.** וְאֵלֵךְ מֵעֲלֵיכֶם וְשְׁבוּ בְּשָׁלוֹם עַד שֶׁאֶמְצָא אֶרֶץ טוֹבָה כְּאַרְצְכֶם, וְאַגְלֶה אֶתְכֶם שָׁם; כִּי כֵּן דַּרְכּוֹ, לְהַעֲבִיר הָאֻמּוֹת מֵאֶרֶץ אֶל אֶרֶץ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיהו י:יג) ״וְאָסִיר גְּבוּלוֹת עַמִּים״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and each man will eat of his vine** And I will leave you, and dwell in peace until I find a land as good as your land, and I will exile you there, for so is my wont, to transfer nations from land to land, as it is said (supra 10:13): “And I remove the boundaries of the peoples.”


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:17:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 36:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/36:17:1)

**אֶל אֶרֶץ כְּאַרְצְכֶם.** אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יוֹחַאי: שׁוֹטֶה הָיָה זֶה, מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ וְכוּ׳ בְּסִפְרֵי פָּרָשַׁת וְהָיָה עֵקֶב (דברים ז יב). הָיָה לוֹ לוֹמַר ״אֶל אֶרֶץ יָפָה מֵאַרְצְכֶם״, אֶלָּא שֶׁלֹּא הָיָה יָכוֹל לְסַפֵּר בִּגְנוּתָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to a land like your land** Said Rabbi Shimon ben Yochai: Was this one (Sennacherib) a fool? This is an example of a king, etc. in Sifre, parshath Ekev (Deut. 7:12). He should have said, “to a land better than your land,” but he could not denigrate it.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:19:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 36:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/36:19:1)

**וְכִי הִצִּילוּ אֶת שֹׁמְרוֹן מִיָּדִי.** וּבְנֵי שׁוֹמְרוֹן הָיוּ עוֹבְדִים לֵאלֹהֵי אֲרָם שְׁכֵינֵיהֶם, וַ**חֲמָת** הִיא מֵאֲרָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Now did they save Samaria from my hand?** and the inhabitants of Samaria worshipped the Gods of the Arameans, who were their neighbors, and Hamath is from Aram.


###### Rashi on Isaiah 36:22:1
[Rashi on Isaiah 36:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Isaiah/r/36:22:1)

**קְרוּעֵי בְגָדִים.** עַל שֶׁשָּׁמְעוּ גִּדּוּפֵי הַשֵּׁם (סנהדרין ס א), וְהִיא כְּמוֹ בִּרְכַּת הַשֵּׁם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with torn garments** Because they heard blasphemies of the Name of God, and that is tantamount to cursing the Name.