## Rashi on Micah Chapter 5

###### Rashi on Micah 5:1:1
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**וְאַתָּה בֵּית לֶחֶם אֶפְרָתָה.** שֶׁיָּצָא דָוִד מִשָּׁם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ (שמואל א יז:נח) ״עַבְדְּךָ יִשַׁי בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי״ וּבֵית לֶחֶם קָרוּי אֶפְרָת שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית מח:ז) ״בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָת הִיא בֵּית לָחֶם״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And you, Bethlehem Ephrathah**—whence David emanated, as it is stated (I Sam. 17:58): “The son of your bondsman, Jesse the Bethlehemite.” And Bethlehem is called Ephrath, as it is said (Gen. 48: 7): “On the road to Ephrath, that is Bethlehem.”


###### Rashi on Micah 5:1:2
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**צָעִיר לִהְיוֹת בְּאַלְפֵי יְהוּדָה.** רָאוּי הָיִיתָ לִהְיוֹת צָעִיר בְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת יְהוּדָה מִפְּנֵי פְּסֹלֶת רוּת הַמּוֹאֲבִיָּה שֶׁבָּךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**you should have been the lowest of the clans of Judah**—You should have been the lowest of the clans of Judah because of the stigma of Ruth the Moabitess in you.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:1:3
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**מִמְּךָ לִי יֵצֵא.** מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר (תהלים קיח:כב) ״אֶבֶן מָאֲסוּ הַבּוֹנִים״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**from you shall emerge for Me**—the Messiah, son of David, and so Scripture says (Ps. 118:22): “The stone the builders had rejected became a cornerstone.”


###### Rashi on Micah 5:1:4
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**וּמוֹצָאֹתָיו מִקֶּדֶם.** ״לִפְנֵי שֶׁמֶשׁ יִנּוֹן שְׁמוֹ״ (שם):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and his origin is from of old**—“Before the sun his name is Yinnon” (Ps. 72:17).


###### Rashi on Micah 5:2:1
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**לָכֵן יִתְּנֵם עַד עֵת יוֹלֵדָה.** יִתְּנֵם בְּיַד אוֹיְבֵיהֶם עַד בֹּא הָעֵת אֲשֶׁר חָלָה וְיָלְדָה צִיּוֹן אֶת בָּנֶיהָ, צִיּוֹן אֲשֶׁר הֶחֱזִיקָה עַתָּה חִיל כַּיּוֹלֵדָה וְעַכְשָׁיו הִיא קְרוּיָה יוֹלֶדֶת. וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ אָמְרוּ מִכָּאן אֵין בֶּן דָּוִד בָּא עַד שֶׁתִּפְשׁוֹט הַמַּלְכוּת הָרְשָׁעָה תִּשְׁעָה חֳדָשִׁים עַל כָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ, אַךְ לְפִי פְשׁוּטוֹ זֶהוּ הַצָּעָה שֶׁפֵּרַשְׁתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Therefore, He shall deliver them until the time a woman in confinement gives birth**—He shall deliver them into the hands of their enemies until the coming of the time that Zion has felt the pangs of labor and borne her children; Zion, which is now seized by the pangs of labor, is now called a woman in confinement. [I.e., now the labor pains will cease and the redemption will come about.] But our Sages state that from here we deduce that the son of David will not come until the wicked kingdom spreads over the entire world for nine months (*Yoma* 10b, *Sanh.* 98b). But, according to its simple meaning, this is the structure as I explained.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:2:2
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**וְיֶתֶר אֶחָיו.** שֶׁל מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה כְּלוֹמַר שְׁאָר שֵׁבֶט יְהוּדָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the rest of his brothers**—The brothers of the King Messiah; i.e., the rest of the tribe [of Judah].


###### Rashi on Micah 5:2:3
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**יְשׁוּבוּן עַל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל.** יִתְחַבְּרוּ עִם שְׁאָר הַשְּׁבָטִים וְהָיוּ לְמַמְלָכָה אַחַת וְלֹא יֵחָצוּ עוֹד לִשְׁתֵּי מַמְלָכוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**shall return upon the children of Israel**—Judah and Benjamin shall join the other tribes and become one kingdom, and they shall no longer be divided into two kingdoms.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:3:1
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**וְרָעָה.** וּפִרְנֵס אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and lead** Heb. וְרָעָה. And lead (וּפִרְנֵס) Israel.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:3:2
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**וְיָשָׁבוּ.** מִן הַגָּלֻיּוֹת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they shall return** Heb. וְיָשָׁבוּ. They shall return now from the exiles.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:3:3
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**כִּי עַתָּה יִגְדַּל.** מַלְכָּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for then he shall become great** I.e., their king.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:3:4
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**עַד אַפְסֵי אָרֶץ.** וֶהֱבִיאוּם מִנְחָה אֵלָיו בַּסּוּסִים וּבָרֶכֶב:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**until the ends of the earth**—And they shall bring tribute to him [the Messiah] with horses and chariots.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:4:1
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**וְהָיָה זֶה שָׁלוֹם.** גָּמוּר וְקָבוּעַ בְּאֵין הֶפְסֵק עוֹד וְלֹא יִדְמֶה לִשְׁאָר הַתְּשׁוּעוֹת שֶׁהָיוּ צָרוֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And this shall be peace**—A complete and permanent peace, without interruption, and it will not resemble the other redemptions after which there were troubles.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:4:2
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**אַשּׁוּר כִּי יָבֹא.** הֲרֵי כִּי מְשַׁמֵּשׁ בִּלְשׁוֹן ׳אִם׳, אִם יָבֹא בְּאַרְצֵנוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר בָּא עַתָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**should Assyria come** Heb כִּי יָבוֹא. This כִּי serves as “if” - If he comes into our land as he comes now.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:4:3
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**וַהֲקֵמֹנוּ עָלָיו שִׁבְעָה רֹעִים.** שִׁבְעָה וּשְׁמוֹנָה, רַבּוֹתֵינוּ פֵּרְשׁוּ שְׁמוֹתֵיהֶן בְּמַסֶּכֶת סֻכָּה וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מֵהֵיכָן לָמְדוּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**we will appoint over them seven shepherds and eight**—Concerning the seven and eight, our Rabbis enumerated their names in Tractate *Sukkah*, but I do not know whence they derived them. [referring to *Sukkah* 52b]


###### Rashi on Micah 5:5:1
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**וְרָעוּ אֶת אֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר.** וְיְרוֹצְצוּ כְּמוֹ (שם ב) ״תְּרֹעֵם בְּשֵׁבֶט בַּרְזֶל״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And they shall break the land of Assyria** Heb. יְרָעוּ. And they shall break, similar to (Ps. 2:9) “You shall break them (תְּרֹעֵם) with an iron rod.”


###### Rashi on Micah 5:5:2
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**וְאֶת אֶרֶץ נִמְרֹד.** הִיא בָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the land of Nimrod**—That is Babylon.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:5:3
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**בִּפְתָחֶיהָ.** בְּשַׁעֲרֵי מְדִינוֹתֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**at its gates** Heb. בִּפְתָחֶיה, at the gates of its provinces.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:6:1
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**כְּטַל מֵאֵת ה׳.** שֶׁאֵין בָּא לָעוֹלָם עַל יְדֵי אָדָם וְלֹא יְבַקְשׁוּ פְּנֵי אָדָם עָלָיו, כָּךְ לֹא יְקַוֶּה יִשְׂרָאֵל לְעֶזְרַת אִישׁ כִּי אִם בַּה׳:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like dew sent by the Lord**—which does not come to the world through man, and people do not ask for it, so Israel will not hope for the help of man, but for the Lord.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:7:1
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**כְּאַרְיֵה בְּבַהֲמוֹת יַעַר.** כָּךְ יְהִי מַלְכָּם שַׁלִּיט בַּכֹּל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like a lion among the beasts of the forest**—So will their king rule over all.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:7:2
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**וְרָמַס וְטָרַף.** רָמַס הִיא דְרִיסַת הָאֲרִי כְּשֶׁהוּא רָעֵב וְאוֹכְלוֹ בִּמְקוֹמוֹ, וְטָרַף הוּא כְּשֶׁנּוֹשֵׂא אֶת הַטֶּרֶף לִמְעוֹנוֹתָיו בִּשְׁבִיל גּוּרוֹתָיו וּלְבִיאוֹתָיו:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**which treads down and tears in pieces** Heb. רָמַס. This is the lion’s treading down [an animal] when he [the lion] is hungry and eating it in its place. Tearing (טָרַף) is when he carries the prey to his den for his cubs and his lionesses.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:9:1
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**וְהִכְרַתִּי סוּסֶיךָ.** הִיא עֶזְרַת מִצְרַיִם שֶׁאַתֶּם נִשְׁעָנִים עֲלֵיהֶם לְהַמְצִיאֲכֶם סוּסִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**that I will cut your horses**—the Egyptian aid upon which you rely to supply you with horses.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:10:1
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**וְהִכְרַתִּי עָרֵי אַרְצֶךָ.** וְלֹא תִצְטָרֵךְ לְעָרֵי מִבְצָר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And I will destroy your cities**—And you will no longer need fortified cities.


###### Rashi on Micah 5:13:1
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**וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּי עָרֶיךָ.** ״וַאֲשֵׁיצֵי בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבָךְ״, וְכֵן (ישעיהו יד:כא) ״וּמָלְאוּ פְנֵי תֵבֵל עָרִים״ וְכֵן (שמואל א כח) ״וַיְהִי עָרֶךָ״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I will destroy your enemies** Heb. עָרֶיךָ. *Jonathan* renders: And I will destroy your enemies. Similarly, (Isa. 14:21) “And fill the surface of the earth with enemies (עָרִים),” and (I Sam. 28:16) “And has become your adversary (עָרֶךָ).”