## Rashi on Judges Chapter 8 ###### Rashi on Judges 8:2:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:2:1) **מַה עָשִׂיתִי עַתָּה כָּכֶם.** מַה חָשׁוּב מַה שֶּׁעָשִׂיתִי בִּתְחִלָּתוֹ, כְּמַה שֶּׁעֲשִׂיתֶם אַתֶּם בַּסּוֹף: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Can any action of mine compare with yours?** How significant were my actions at the beginning in comparison with yours at the end? ###### Rashi on Judges 8:2:2 [Rashi on Judges 8:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:2:2) **הֲלֹא טוֹב עֹלְלוֹת.** שֶׁבָּאוּ לְיֶדְכֶם בַּסּוֹף מִתְּחִלַּת הַבָּצִיר שֶׁבָּצַרְנוּ אֲנִי וּמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי, שֶׁהֲרֵי בְּיֶדְכֶם נָתַן ה׳ אֶת הַמְּלָכִים: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Do not Ephraim's underripened gleanings surpass.** The gleanings¹ which you acquired at the end surpass the early harvest which my family and I gathered, for Adonoy delivered the kings into your hands. footnotes: ¹ עוֹלְלוֹת are underripened grapes which may not be harvested, but must be left to be gleaned afterward by the poor. (Vayikra, 19:10) Gidon compared his original battle with the Midyonites to the harvest, and the ensuing execution of Orev and Z’ev to the gleaning of the עוֹלְלוֹת. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:3:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:3:1) **וּמַה יָּכֹלְתִּי.** לַעֲשׂוֹת שֶׁיְּהֵא חָשׁוּב כְּמַעֲשֵׂה שֶׁלָּכֶם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **What could I have** done that would have been as significant as your accomplishments? ###### Rashi on Judges 8:4:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:4:1) **עֹבֵר הוּא וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת הָאִישׁ.** עוֹבְרִים אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן אַחֲרֵי זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע שֶׁעָבְרוּ אֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן תְּחִלָּה, וְהָיוּ מַשְׁחִיתִים מֵעֵבֶר לַיַּרְדֵּן אֶת אֶרֶץ רְאוּבֵן וְגָד וּמְנַשֶּׁה, וְעָבַר שָׁם כְּדֵי לִנְקֹם אַף בָּהֶם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **He crossed with the three hundred men.** They crossed the Yardein after Zevach and Tzalmuna, who had crossed previously and wreaked destruction across the Yardein, in the territory of Reuven, Gad, and Menashe. He crossed to take revenge against them as well. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:5:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:5:1) **לְאַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת.** יִשְׂרָאֵל הָיוּ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **To the people of Succos.** They were Yisroelites. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:6:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:6:1) **הֲכַף זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע בְּיָדֶךָ.** שֶׁאַתָּה מִתְפָּאֵר שֶׁהִצַּלְתָּנוּ מִיַּד מִדְיָן: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Are the palms of Zevach and Tzalmuna** in your hands that you pride yourself in having rescued us from the hand of Midyon. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:7:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:7:1) **הַבַּרְקָנִים.** רונצי״ש בְּלַעַ״ז: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Thorns.** "Ronzes" in old French. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:10:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:10:1) **בְּקַרְקֹר.** שֵׁם מָקוֹם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **At Karkor.** The name of a place. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:11:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:11:1) **דֶּרֶךְ הַשֹּׁכְנִי בָאֳהָלִים.** דֶּרֶךְ אֶרֶץ קֵדָר וַעֲרָב הַשּׁוֹכְנִים בַּמִּדְבָּר בְּאָהֳלֵיהֶם, שֶׁרוֹעִים מִקְנֶה תָּמִיד וְאֵין דָּרִים בְּבָתִּים: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **By way of the tent dwellers.** By way of the lands of Kedar and Arabia, whose inhabitants were wilderness tent dwellers. Since they were occupied exclusively as shepherds, they could not dwell in houses. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:11:2 [Rashi on Judges 8:11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:11:2) **מִקֶּדֶם לְנֹבַח וְיָגְבֳּהָה.** שֶׁהֵם עָרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְלֹא רָצָה לֵילֵךְ שָׁם אֶלָּא דֶּרֶךְ עֲקַלָּתוֹן, כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא יַרְגִּישׁוּ בָהֶם, וִיהוּמַּם פִּתְאוֹם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **East of Novach and Yagbeha.** These were Yisroelite cities. He chose not to pass through them, but rather travelled roundabout, so that they would remain undetected, and could overwhelm them by surprise. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:13:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:13:1) **מִלְמַעְלָה הֶחָרֶס.** עַד שֶׁלֹּא שָׁקְעָה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ, בְּעוֹד הַחַמָּה נִרְאֵית גָּבוֹהַּ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **With the sun high.** Before sunset, with the sun still visible high above the horizon. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:16:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:16:1) **וַיֹּדַע בָּהֶם.** (תרגום:) וּתְבַר בְּהוֹן: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Tore with them.** "Broke apart" with them.² footnotes: ² This is Targum Yonasan’s translation. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:18:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:18:1) **אֶחָד כְּתֹאַר בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ.** יוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם: אֶחָד הָיָה בָהֶם שֶׁתּוֹאֲרוֹ כְּתוֹאַר בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ. וְיֵשׁ לְפוֹתְרוֹ: כָּמוֹךָ כָּמוֹהֶם, תּוֹאַר אֶחָד לָכֶם, כִּי כְתוֹאַר בְּנֵי מְלָכִים הָיוּ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Singular, of princely appearance.** Yonasan explains that one of them was of princely appearance.³ However, this may be interpreted as, "They were exactly like you, all of singular appearance, for they were of princely appearance." footnotes: ³ Yonasan’s reading is: “One was exactly like you, of princely appearance.” ###### Rashi on Judges 8:20:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:20:1) **וְלֹא שָׁלַף הַנַּעַר חַרְבּוֹ.** לְהָרְגָם, שֶׁהָיָה יָרֵא מֵהֶם: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **But the boy would not draw his sword** to execute them, for he was afraid of them. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:21:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:21:1) **הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים.** לוינ״ש בְּלַעַ״ז, שֶׁל זָהָב: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Crescent chains.** Lunettes in old French, moonshaped, made of gold. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:26:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:26:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:26:1) **הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים וְהַנְּטִיפוֹת.** (תרגום:) עִנְקְיָא וּכְלִילָא: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **The crescent chains and crowns.** The neckbands and crowns.⁴ footnotes: ⁴ This is Targum Yonasan’s rendition. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:27:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:27:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:27:1) **וַיַּעַשׂ אוֹתוֹ גִדְעוֹן לְאֵפוֹד.** לִהְיוֹת לְזִכָּרוֹן עַל תְּשׁוּעָה גְדוֹלָה, לִרְאוֹת כַּמָּה הָיָה חֵילָם כָּבֵד שֶׁבְּנִזְמֵי חֲשׁוּבֵיהֶם הָיָה כָּל הַזָּהָב הַזֶּה: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Gidon fashioned it into an apron** as a memorial to the the great salvation, demonstrating how enormous their forces were, as the nose rings of their eminent men contained so much gold. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:27:2 [Rashi on Judges 8:27:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:27:2) **וַיִּזְנוּ כָל יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֲרָיו.** לְאַחַר מִיתַת גִּדְעוֹן: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **All of Yisroel were perverted towards it** after Gidon's demise.⁵ footnotes: ⁵ But not during his lifetime. Gidon’s intentions were pure. (See Yalkut, 64.) ###### Rashi on Judges 8:33:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:33:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:33:1) **בַּעַל בְּרִית.** כָּךְ שְׁמוֹ: **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **Baal beris.** This was his name. ###### Rashi on Judges 8:35:1 [Rashi on Judges 8:35:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Judges/r/8:35:1) **וְלֹא עָשׂוּ חֶסֶד וְגוֹ׳.** שֶׁהָרְגוּ אֶת בָּנָיו, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בָּעִנְיָן (שופטים ט:ה): **The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J:** **They did not act benevolently.** They murdered his children, as stated in the narrative.⁶ footnotes: ⁶ Ch. 9.