## Rashi on Judges Chapter 15 ###### Rashi on Judges 15:3:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:3:1) **נִקֵּיתִי הַפַּעַם.** בְּדִין אֶעֱשֶׂה לָהֶם הָרָעָה: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **At this time I am innocent.** I shall be justified in inflicting injury upon them. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:4:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:4:1) **וַיֶּפֶן.** אֶת הַזְּנָבוֹת זָנָב אֶל זָנָב. וַיִּפֶן, מַשְׁמַע הוּא עַצְמוֹ פָּנָה (שמות לב טו); וַיֶּפֶן, מַשְׁמַע הִפְנָה אֶת אֲחֵרִים, וְכֵן שִׁמּוּשׁ כָּל תֵּיבָה שֶׁפֹּעַל שֶׁלָּהּ בְּה״א; (שמות א כ): וַיִּרֶב הָעָם; (איכה ב ה): וַיֶּרֶב בְּבַת יְהוּדָה תַּאֲנִיָּה; (מלכים ב כה כא): וַיִּגֶל יְהוּדָה מֵעַל אַדְמָתוֹ, גָּלָה; (שם ב: יח יא): וַיֶּגֶל מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל אַשּׁוּרָה, הִגְלָה: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Twisted.** The tails, each into the next. **וַיִפֶן** implies that he himself turned, **וַיֶפֶן** that he turned, or twisted, others. This usage applies with every word whose verbal root ends with **ה**.¹ "The people increased;"² "He increased, in the people of Yehudah, lamentation…."³ "Yehudah went into exile from his homeland"⁴—went into exile. "The king [of Ashur] exiled Yisroel to Ashur" ⁵—exiled others. footnotes: ¹ Such as גָלָה ,רָבָה ,פָנָה. ² Shemos, 1:20. ³ Eichah, 2:5. Cf. Rashi there. ⁴ Melachim 2, 25:21. ⁵ Melachim 2, 17:6. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:6:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:6:1) **חֲתַן הַתִּמְנִי.** חֲתַן הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי אֲשֶׁר בְּתִמְנָה (לעיל יד א): **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **The son-in-law of the Timnite.** The son-in-law of the Pelishtite from Timnah. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:7:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:7:1) **אִם תַּעֲשׂוּן כָּזֹאת.** וְשֶׁמָּא רְגִילִין אַתֶּם בְּכָךְ, לָתֵת אִשְׁתּוֹ שֶׁל זֶה לָזֶה: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Is this the way you behave.** Perhaps you are accustomed to this—shifting wives from one to another. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:8:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:8:1) **שׁוֹק עַל יָרֵךְ.** (תרגום:) פָּרְשִׁין עִם רַגְלָאִין, רוֹכֵב סוּס אֵינוֹ נִשְׁעָן עַל יְרֵכוֹ כִּי אִם עַל שׁוֹקוֹ, רֶגֶל אֶחָד נָתוּן בַּבַּרְזֶל הַתָּלוּי בַּמֶּרְכֶּבֶת: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Cavalry and infantry [lit. calf and thigh].** "Horsemen and foot soldiers."⁶ The horseman is not supported by the thigh, but by the calf of the foot inserted into the metal stirrup hanging from the saddle. footnotes: ⁶ This is Targum Yonasan’s translation. “Calf” refers to the horseman, supported by the calf, as Rashi explains, and “thigh” refers to the footsoldier, whose weight is supported by the thigh. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:8:2 [Rashi on Judges 15:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:8:2) **בִּסְעִיף.** בְּנִקְרַת סֶלַע עֵיטָם, וַחֲבֵרוֹ (ישעיהו נז:ה): סְעִיפֵי הַסְּלָעִים, (שם י:לג): מְסָעֵף פֹּארָה: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **On the promontory** of a crevice of the Eitam cliff. Similarly, "The promontories of the cliffs,"⁷ "[He] shall remove its branches."⁸ footnotes: ⁷ Yeshaya, 2:21 ⁸ Ibid, 10:33. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:9:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:9:1) **וַיִּנָּטְשׁוּ.** וַיִּתְפַּזְּרוּ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **They fanned out.** They dispersed. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:9:2 [Rashi on Judges 15:9:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:9:2) **בַּלֶּחִי.** שֵׁם מָקוֹם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **At Lechi.** The name of a place⁹ footnotes: ⁹ Not literally “cheek”. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:10:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:10:1) **לָמָה עֲלִיתֶם עָלֵינוּ.** הֲלֹא עֲבָדִים אֲנַחְנוּ לָכֶם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Why have you ascended against us.** Are we not enslaved by you? ###### Rashi on Judges 15:10:2 [Rashi on Judges 15:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:10:2) **לֶאֱסוֹר אֶת שִׁמְשׁוֹן.** שֶׁתַּאַסְרוּהוּ וְתַסְגִּירוּהוּ לָנוּ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **To tie down Shimshon.** In order that you tie him down and deliver him to us. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:13:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:13:1) **לֹא כִּי אָסוֹר נֶאֱסָרְךָ.** לֹא נַהֲרוֹג אוֹתְךָ, כִּי אִם אָסוֹר נֶאֱסָרְךָ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **No! We shall merely tie you down.** We shall not execute you, but merely tie you down. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:14:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:14:1) **רוּחַ ה׳.** (תרגום:) רוּחַ גְּבוּרָה מִן קֳדָם ה׳: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **The spirit of Adonoy.** A spirit of power, emanating from Adonoy.¹⁰ footnotes: ¹⁰ This is Targum Yonasan’s translation. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:14:2 [Rashi on Judges 15:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:14:2) **אֲסוּרָיו.** קִשּׁוּרָיו: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **His bonds** which tied him down. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:15:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:15:1) **טְרִיָּה.** לַחָה, וְרָאִיתִי בְּסֵפֶר רְפוּאוֹת שֶׁקּוֹרֵא לַלֵּחָה שֶׁיּוֹצֵא מִן הַמַּכָּה: ׳טְרִיָּה׳: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Moist.** Wet. I saw a medical lexicon which refers to pus oozing from a wound as **טְרִיָה**. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:16:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:16:1) **חֲמוֹר חֲמֹרָתָיִם.** בִּלְחִי הַחֲמוֹר לִצְבּוֹר צְבָרִים רַבִּים, (תרגום:) בְּלוּעָא דִחמָרָא רְמֵיתִנוּן דְּגוֹרִין: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **I amassed mounds** with the jawbone of a donkey, amassing numerous mounds. "With the jawbone of a donkey I hurled them into mounds."¹¹ footnotes: ¹¹ This is Targum Yonasan’s translation. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:19:1 [Rashi on Judges 15:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:19:1) **אֶת הַמַּכְתֵּשׁ.** גּוּמָּא שֶׁהַשֵּׁן יוֹשֶׁבֶת בָּהּ, עֲשׂוּיָה כְּעֵין מַכְתֶּשֶׁת: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **The socket [lit. "the mortar"].** The socket where the tooth is set is shaped like a mortar. ###### Rashi on Judges 15:19:2 [Rashi on Judges 15:19:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/15:19:2) **עֵין הַקּוֹרֵא.** מַעְיָן שֶׁבָּא עַל יְדֵי זַעֲקַת הַקּוֹרֵא אֶל ה׳: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Ein Hakorei.** "The wellspring which materialized through the cry of the one who called out to Adonoy."