## Rashi on Judges Chapter 16

###### Rashi on Judges 16:2:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:2:1)

**לַעַזָּתִים לֵאמֹר.** לְאַנְשֵׁי עַזָּה נֶאֱמַר:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The Azites were informed.** It was said to the people of Aza.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:2:2
[Rashi on Judges 16:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:2:2)

**וַיִּתְחָרְשׁוּ.** נָהֲגוּ עַצְמָן בִּשְׁתִיקָה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They were silent [lit. "They were muted"].** They acted in silence.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:3:1
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**וַיִּסָּעֵם.** וַיַּעַקְרֵם מִמְּקוֹמָם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Uprooted them [lit. "moved them"].** He uprooted them from their places.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:7:1
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**יְתָרִים.** חֲבָלִים דַּקִּים:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Cords.** Thin strings.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:9:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:9:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:9:1)

**וְלֹא נוֹדַע כֹּחוֹ.** לֹא הוּצְרַךְ לְהִתְחַזֵּק בְּנַתְּקוֹ אוֹתָם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**The source of his strength was not revealed.** It was not necessary for him to exert himself when he snapped them.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:11:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:11:1)

**בַּעֲבוֹתִים.** חֲבָלִים גַּסִּים:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**With ropes.** Thick rope.¹

footnotes:
¹ Unlike the thin string specified in v. 7.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:13:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:13:1)

**מַחְלְפוֹת.** קְוֻצּוֹת, פלוני״ש בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Tresses** Locks. "Pelous" in old French.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:13:2
[Rashi on Judges 16:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:13:2)

**עִם הַמַּסֶּכֶת.** עֵץ שֶׁהַגַּרְדִּי מֵיסֵךְ בּוֹ אֶת הַשְּׁתִי, וְשֵׁם הָעֵץ אנשובל״א מַסֶּכֶת, אורטר״א בְּלַעַ״ז:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**With the mounting pin.** A wooden rod which the weaver uses to mount the threads of the warp. The name of the wood is "ensouple", of the pin, "ourdissuire".


###### Rashi on Judges 16:16:1
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**וַתְּאַלְצֵהוּ.** דְּחָקַתּוֹ, וְאֵין לוֹ דִּמְיוֹן:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And goaded him.** She oppressed him. There is no similar word.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:18:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:18:1)

**וַתֵּרֶא דְלִילָה כִּי הִגִּיד לָהּ.** נִכָּרִין דִּבְרֵי אֱמֶת:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Delilah saw that he had confided to her.** One instinctively recognizes the truth.²

footnotes:
² Sotah, 9:b


###### Rashi on Judges 16:19:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:19:1)

**וַתִּקְרָא לָאִישׁ.** לִשְׁלוּחָן שֶׁל סְרָנִים:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**[She] summoned the man.** The nobles' agent.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:21:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:21:1)

**וַיּוֹרִידוּ אוֹתוֹ עַזָּתָה.** מְקוֹם תְּחִלַּת קִלְקוּלוֹ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**They brought him down to Aza.** The location where his ruin began³⁴

footnotes:
³ V.l.
⁴ Sotah, 9:b.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:21:2
[Rashi on Judges 16:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:21:2)

**וַיְהִי טוֹחֵן.** בָּרֵחַיִם, מְלָאכָה כְּבֵדָה וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ (סוטה י א) פֵּרְשׁוּ מַה שֶּׁפֵּרְשׁוּ:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**He became the miller. With grinding stones—**arduous labor. The Rabbis interpret this after their fashion.⁵

footnotes:
⁵ According to their interpretation, the Pelishtites brought their wives to the prison to be impregnated by Shimshon, (Sotah, 10:a)


###### Rashi on Judges 16:25:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:25:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:25:1)

**בֵּין הָעַמּוּדִים.** אֲשֶׁר הַבַּיִת נָכוֹן עֲלֵיהֶם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Between the pillars** which supported the building.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:26:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:26:1)

**וַהֲמִישֵׁנִי.** פאלפא״ר בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ (בראשית כז:יב): ״אוּלַי יְמֻשֵּׁנִי״:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**And give me a hold.** "Palpare" in old French, as in, "Perhaps my father will touch me."⁶

footnotes:
⁶ Bereishis, 27:12.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:28:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:28:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:28:1)

**זָכְרֵנִי נָא.** זְכֹר עֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה שֶׁשָּׁפַטְתִּי אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְלֹא אָמַרְתִּי לְאֶחָד מֵהֶם הַעֲבֵר לִי מַקֵּל זֶה מִמָּקוֹם לְמָקוֹם:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Please remember me.** Remember the twenty years that I judged Yisroel without asking any of them to carry a staff from place to place.⁷

footnotes:
⁷ Sotah, 10:a.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:28:2
[Rashi on Judges 16:28:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:28:2)

**נְקַם אַחַת מִשְּׁתֵי עֵינַי.** וּשְׂכַר עַיִן הַשֵּׁנִית הַנַּח לִי לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, וְכָאן פְּרַע לִי שְׂכַר אַחַת מֵהֶן:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Avenge one of my two eyes.** The reward for my second eye reserve for me in the World to Come. At present, grant me the reward for one of them.⁸

footnotes:
⁸ Yalkut, 71.


###### Rashi on Judges 16:29:1
[Rashi on Judges 16:29:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/16:29:1)

**וַיִּלְפֹּת.** וַיֹּאחַז, אינברצ״א בְּלַעַ״ז, כְּמוֹ (רות ג:ח): ״וַיֶּחֱרַד הָאִישׁ וַיִּלָּפֵת״, נֶאֱחַז בִּזְרוֹעוֹת הָאִשָּׁה:

**The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:**
**Shimshon embraced.** He grasped, "embrasser" in old French, as in "The man trembled, and was embraced"⁹—he was embraced in a woman's arms.

footnotes:
⁹ Rus, 3:8.