## Rashi on Jeremiah Chapter 38

###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:2:1
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**וְהָיְתָה לוֹ נַפְשׁוֹ לְשָׁלָל.** וְהָיוּ לוֹ חַיָּיו הַצָּלָה, כְּאִלּוּ שָׁלַל נַפְשׁוֹ; כְּאָדָם הַשּׁוֹלֵל שָׁלָל וּמִשְׂתַּכֵּר, כָּךְ יִשְׂתַּכֵּר זֶה נַפְשׁוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he shall have his life as prey** His life shall be saved, as if had “plundered” his soul; just as a man profits from plundering booty, so this person will profit [by saving] his life.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:4:1
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**עַל כֵּן הוּא מְרַפֵּא.** אֶלַאקְנְ״ץ בְּלַעַ״ז, לְשׁוֹן רִפְיוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**since he weakens** (a lacher in O.F.), an expression of weakness.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:5:1
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**יוּכַל.** כְּמוֹ יָכוֹל, עַל אֲשֶׁר הוּא **מְרַפֵּא אֶת וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**cannot** Heb. יוּכַל, like יָכוֹל, since he is weakening the hands of, etc.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:6:1
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**הַבּוֹר מַלְכִּיָּהוּ.** שֶׁל מַלְכִּיָּהוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the pit of Malchiah** lit. the pit Malchiah.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:7:1
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**עֶבֶד מֶלֶךְ.** בָּרוּךְ בֶּן נֵרִיָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Ebed-melech** Baruch the son of Neriah.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:7:2
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**הַכּוּשִׁי.** צִדְקִיָּהוּ: מָה כּוּשִׁי מְשֻׁנֶּה בְּעוֹרוֹ, אַף צִדְקִיָּהוּ מְשֻׁנֶּה בְּצִדְקוֹ מִכָּל דּוֹרוֹ (מועד קטן טז:). וְיֵשׁ מִדְרָשׁ דּוֹרֵשׁ **הַכּוּשִׁי** עַל בָּרוּךְ (ספרי במדבר צט):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the Cushite** Zedekiah. Just as a Cushite is different in his skin, so was Zedekiah different in his righteousness, from all his generation (Moed Katan 16b). And there is a Midrash that expounds “the Cushite,” as referring to Baruch (Sifrei ibid.).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:7:3
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**אִישׁ סָרִיס.** גֶּבֶר רַב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**an officer** Heb. סריס, a great man.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:9:1
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**וַיָּמָת תַּחְתָּיו וגו׳.** אִלּוּ הִנִּיחוּ אוֹתוֹ בִּמְקוֹמוֹ הָיָה מֵת מֵאֵלָיו בָּרָעָב, וְהֵם הֵרֵעוּ לְקָרֵב מִיתָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**He would have died in his place, etc.** If they had left him in his place, he would have died by himself in the famine, but they have done harm to bring his death closer.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:10:1
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**שְׁלֹשִׁים אֲנָשִׁים.** מִתּוֹךְ שֶׁכֹּחָן תַּשׁ בָּרָעָב, נִצְרְכוּ כֻּלָּן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**thirty men** Since they were weakened by the famine, all of them were required.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:11:1
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**בְּלוֹיֵי סְחָבוֹת.** בְּלוּאֵי בְגָדִים הַנִּסְחָבִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**worn clouts** Heb. בלוי סחבות, worn out garments, that are dragged.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:12:1
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**וְהַמְּלָחִים.** לְשׁוֹן רִקָּבוֹן, כְּמוֹ ״כֶּעָשָׁן נִמְלָחוּ״ (ישעיה נא:ו):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the rags** Heb. והמלחים, an expression of decay. Cf. “shall vanish (נמלחוּ) like smoke” (Isa. 51: 6).


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:12:2
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**תַּחַת אֲצִילוֹת יָדֶיךָ.** שֶׁלֹּא יַזִּיקוּךָ הַחֲבָלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**under your armpits** So that the ropes should not harm you.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:12:3
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**אַצִּילוֹת.** אֵיישִׁילָ״שׁ בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**armpits** Heb. אצילות, aisseles in French.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:14:1
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**מָבוֹא הַשְּׁלִישִׁי.** לֹא יָדַעְתִּי הֵיכָן הוּא. וְשֶׁמָּא בְּעֶזְרַת יִשְׂרָאֵל הִיא, לוֹמַר שֶׁהַחֵיל וְעֶזְרַת נָשִׁים לְפָנֶיהָ (משנה סכה ה,ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the third entrance** I do not know where it is. Perhaps it is in the Israelites’ Court. The appellation “third” is to say that the hel [the wall surrounding the Temple Court], and the Women’s Court are before it.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:19:1
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**דּוֹאֵג.** יָרֵא:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“I fear”** Heb. דֹאֵג.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:19:2
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**פֶּן יִתְּנוּ אוֹתִי. הַכַּשְׂדִּים** בְּיַד **הַיְּהוּדִים**, לוֹמַר: מַלְכְּכֶם יְהִי עַבְדְּכֶם עַל שֶׁקְּדַמְתֶּם לְהַשְׁלִים עִמָּנוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**lest they deliver me** [Lest] the Chaldeans [deliver me] into the hands of the Jews, saying, Your king shall be your slave since you have made peace with us first.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:19:3
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**וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ בִי.** הַיְּהוּדִים. אִיגְבְּרוֹנְ״ט בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and mock me** [i. e.,] the Jews [will mock me] (engregier in O.F.), complain.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:22:1
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**אַנְשֵׁי שְׁלוֹמֶךָ.** נְבִיאֵי הַשֶּׁקֶר, שֶׁאָמְרוּ לְךָ: לֹא תִלָּכֵד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“Your cohorts”** [lit. the men of your peace,] the false prophets, who told you that you would not be caught.


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:22:2
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**בַּבֹּץ.** טִיט, לְשׁוֹן ״הֲיִגְאֶה גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה״ (איוב ח:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**into the mire** Heb. בבץ, mire, an expression as in (Job 8:11): “Can the rush shoot up without mire (בצה)?”


###### Rashi on Jeremiah 38:23:1
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**וְאֶת הָעִיר הַזֹּאת תִּשְׂרֹף בָּאֵשׁ.** הֲרֵי אַתָּה כְּאִלּוּ שׂוֹרְפָהּ בְּיָדַיִם, שֶׁאַתָּה גּוֹרֵם לָהּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and this city you shall burn with fire** It is as though you are burning it with your hands for you are causing it.