## Rashi on Judges Chapter 14

###### Rashi on Judges 14:4:1
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**כִּי תֹאֲנָה הוּא מְבַקֵּשׁ.** עֲלִילָה לְהִתְגָּרוֹת בָּם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**As He sought a pretext.** An accusation with which to provoke a confrontation against them.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:7:1
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**וַיְדַבֵּר לָאִשָּׁה.** עַל הָאִשָּׁה, דִּבֵּר לִקְרוֹבֶיהָ, כֵּן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And discussed [lit. spoke with] the woman.** He spoke of the woman¹ with her relatives. This is Targum Yonasan's rendition.

footnotes:
¹ Not “with” the woman.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:8:1
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**עֲדַת דְּבוֹרִים.** (תרגום:) קִינָא דְדַבְרַיָּתָא, כְּנִיסַת דְּבוֹרִים:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**A colony of bees.** A beehive—a swarm of bees.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:9:1
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**וַיִּרְדֵּהוּ.** לְשׁוֹן הַבְדָּלַת דִּבּוּק שֶׁל כָּל דָּבָר הַנִּדְבָּק, וְכֵן לְעִנְיַן פַּת הַנִּדְבֶּקֶת בַּתַּנּוּר, נִקְרֵאת הַבְדָּלָתוֹ רְדִיָּה, (שבת קיז ב): הָרוֹדֶה פַּת מִן הַתַּנּוּר, (בבא מציעא סד א): הָרוֹדֶה אֶת כַּוַּרְתּוֹ, עַל שֵׁם שֶׁהַדְּבַשׁ עָשׂוּי עַל יְדֵי חַלּוֹת שֶׁעוֹשֶׂה מְדֻבָּק בְּדָפְנֵי הַכְּלִי בְּכָל צְדָדִין מִדּוֹפֶן אֶל דּוֹפֶן, כְּמִדַּת עוֹגֶל הַכְּלִי, וְכֵן תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: וַיִּרְדֵּהוּ, וּנְסַחְיֵהּ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He dislodged it.** This connotes the separation of an attached object. Similarly, with regard to a loaf attached to an oven, separation is described as "dislodging"—² "If one dislodges a loaf from the oven,"³ "If one dislodges his hive,"⁴ as the honey is produced in wax combs attached to the walls of the hive in every area, extending from wall to wall along its circumference. Similarly, Targum Yonasan translates "He removed it."

footnotes:
² Shabbos, 117:b.
³ Shabbos, 95:a.
⁴ The honeycomb from the hive.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:10:1
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**וַיֵּרֶד אָבִיהוּ אֶל הָאִשָּׁה.** (תרגום:) עַל עִסְקֵי אִתְּתָא:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**His father descended to discuss the woman.** With regard to the woman.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:11:1
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**מֵרֵעִים.** חֲבֵרִים לְשׁוֹשְׁבִינוּת:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Friends.** Companions who formed the retinue of wedding attendants.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:15:1
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**וַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי.** לִימוֹת הַשַּׁבָּת, וְלֹא שְׁבִיעִי לַמִּשְׁתֶּה, וְהוּא רְבִיעִי לִימֵי הַמִּשְׁתֶּה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**It was on the seventh day** of the week, but not the seventh of the feast. It was, rather, the fourth of the feast days.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:15:2
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**הַלְיָרְשֵׁנוּ קְרָאתֶם לָנוּ הֲלֹא.** תִּרְגֵּם יוֹנָתָן: הַלְמִסְכְּנוּתָנָא קְרִיתוֹן יָתָנָא הָלְכָא:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Was it to impoverish us that you invited us here.** Targum Yonasan renders: Was it to make us poor⁵ that you called us here?⁶

footnotes:
⁵ לְיָרְשֵׁנוּ is not interpreted as “to inherit us,” but as “to make us poor.”
⁶ הֲלֹא is not interpreted as “Did you not? but as “here.”


###### Rashi on Judges 14:17:1
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**שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים.** הַנּוֹתָרִים מִשִּׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים, מֵרְבִיעִי וְאֵילָךְ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The seven days.** What remained of the seven days, after the fourth day.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:18:1
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**בְּטֶרֶם יָבֹא הַחַרְסָה.** לִפְנֵי שְׁקִיעַת הַחַמָּה, שֶׁעֲדַיִן הָיָה לָהֶם שֵׁהוּת עַד הָעֶרֶב:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Before sunset.** Before the sun descended, as they still had time until nightfall.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:18:2
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**חֲרַשְׁתֶּם בְּעֶגְלָתִי.** מָשָׁל הוּא (תרגום:) אִילּוּלְפוֹן בְּדַקְתּוּן בְּאִתְּתִי:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Plowed with my calf.** This is allegorical—if you had not questioned my wife.⁷⁸

footnotes:
⁷ This is Targum Yonasan’s translation.
⁸ Who is cherished as a young calf is cherished. (Sanhedrin, 21:a.)


###### Rashi on Judges 14:19:1
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**רוּחַ ה׳.** (תרגום:) רוּחַ גְּבוּרָה מִן קֳדָם ה׳:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The Divine spirit.** A spirit of power, Divinely inspired.⁹

footnotes:
⁹ This is Targum Yonasan’s translation.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:19:2
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**חֲלִיצוֹתָם.** מַלְבּוּשִׁים שֶׁחָלַץ מֵעֲלֵיהֶן:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Their garments.** The garments which he had stripped from them.


###### Rashi on Judges 14:20:1
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**לְמֵרֵעֵהוּ.** לְאֶחָד מִשּׁוֹשְׁבִינָיו נְתָנָהּ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**To a Friend.** To one of the wedding attendants.