## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 9

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

**חָכְמוֹת בָּנְתָה בֵיתָהּ.** בְּחָכְמָה בָּנָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֶת הָעוֹלָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Wisdom has built her house** With wisdom has the Holy One, blessed be He, built the world.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:1:2
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**חָצְבָה עַמּוּדֶיהָ שִׁבְעָה.** שִׁבְעַת יְמֵי בְרֵאשִׁית. דָּבָר אַחֵר: שִׁבְעָה סְפָרִים שֶׁיֵּשׁ בַּתּוֹרָה – ״וַיְהִי בִּנְסֹעַ הָאָרֹן״ (במדבר י:לה) סֵפֶר לְעַצְמוֹ; בְּמַסֶּכֶת שַׁבָּת (שבת קטז.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**she has hewn her seven pillars** The seven days of Creation. Another explanation: This refers to the seven books of the Torah, since (Num. 10:35f.) “And it came about when the ark traveled...” is an individual book, as is stated in tractate Shabbath (116a).


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:2:1
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**טָבְחָה טִבְחָהּ מָסְכָה יֵינָהּ.** מְזָגָם בְּמַיִם, כְּמוֹ יַיִן חָזָק שֶׁאֵינוֹ רָאוּי לִשְׁתּוֹת חַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**She has prepared her meat, she has mingled her wine** She has mixed it with water, like strong wine, that is unfit to drink unmixed.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:2:2
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**אַף עָרְכָה שֻׁלְחָנָהּ.** כָּל יְצִירַת לַח וְיָבֵשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**she has even set her table** All creations of liquid and solid.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:3:1
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**שָׁלְחָה נַעֲרוֹתֶיהָ.** אָדָם וְחַוָּה (סנהדרין לח.), דָּבָר אַחֵר: מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן (ויקרא רבה א,ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**She has sent her maidens** Adam and Eve.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:4:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 9:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/9:4:1)

**מִי פֶתִי יָסוּר הֵנָּה.** וְיִלְמַד אוֹתִי וְיֶחְכַּם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here”** and learn it and become wise.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:5:1
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**לְכוּ לַחֲמוּ בְלַחֲמִי וּשְׁתוּ בְּיַיִן מָסָכְתִּי.** בְּיַיִן שֶׁמָּזַגְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**of the wine I have mingled** Heb. מסכתי.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:6:1
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**עִזְבוּ פְתָאיִם וִחְיוּ.** אֶת דֶּרֶךְ הַפַּתְיוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Leave, you simpletons** the way of simplicity and live.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:6:2
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**וְאִשְׁרוּ.** לְשׁוֹן פַּעַם, כְּמוֹ ״בַּאֲשֻׁרוֹ אָחֲזָה רַגְלִי״ (איוב כג:יא):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and step** Heb. מסכתי, an expression of stepping, as in (Job 23:11): “To his steps (באשרו) my foot was held fast.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:7:1
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**וּמוֹכִיחַ לְרָשָׁע מוּמוֹ.** מוּם הוּא לַמּוֹכִיחַ, שֶׁזֶּה מְחָרְפוֹ וְאֵינוֹ שׁוֹמֵעַ לוֹ. זוֹ הִיא אַזְהָרָה שֶׁאָסוּר לְדַבֵּר עִם הַמְּסִיתִים מִדֶּרֶךְ הַיְשָׁרָה, אֲפִלּוּ לְהוֹכִיחָם וּלְקָרְבָם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he who reproves a wicked man, that is his blemish** It is a blemish to the one who reproves [him], for this one berates him and does not heed him. This is a warning that it is forbidden to talk with those who entice to worship idols, even to reprove them and to draw them near.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:9:1
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**תֵּן לְחָכָם וְיֶחְכַּם עוֹד.** לְתַלְמִיד הָגוּן שְׁנֵה. וּמִדְרַשׁ אַגָּדָה (שמות רבה נ:ב): נֶאֱמַר לְנֹחַ ״מִכָּל הַבְּהֵמָה הַטְּהוֹרָה וְגוֹ׳״ (בראשית ז:ב), וּכְשֶׁיָּצָא ״וַיִּקַּח מִכָּל הַבְּהֵמָה וְגוֹ׳״ (בראשית ח:כ). אָמַר: מָה רָאָה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְהַרְבּוֹת בְּאֵלּוּ? אֶלָּא שֶׁרָצָה שֶׁאַקְרִיב לוֹ מֵהֶן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Give a wise man, and he will become yet wiser** To a worthy pupil, and the Midrash Aggadah (Tanchuma, Vayakhel 6) states: It was said to Noah, “From every clean animal, etc.” (Gen. 7:2), and when he went out, “And he took from all clean animals, etc.” (ibid. 8:20). He said, “What did the Holy One, blessed be He, see to increase the number of these? It is only because He wished that I offer up some of them.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:9:2
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**הוֹדַע לְצַדִּיק.** חָכְמָה וְהוּא **יוֹסֶף לֶקַח.** מִדַּעְתּוֹ וְעַל שְׁמוּעָתוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**teach a righteous man** wisdom, and he will increase in learning from his own knowledge in addition to what he heard.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:10:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 9:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/9:10:1)

**תְּחִלַּת חָכְמָה יִרְאַת ה׳, וְדַעַת קְדוֹשִׁים.** הִיא עִקַּר הַבִּינָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the knowledge of the holy ones** is the root of understanding.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:11:1
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**וְיוֹסִיפוּ לְךָ שְׁנוֹת חַיִּים.** שָׁנִים שֶׁל חַיִּים הֵם שֶׁל פַּרְנָסָה וְעֹשֶׁר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and they will add to you years of life** Years of life are those of sustenance and wealth.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:16:1
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**חֲסַר לֵב, וְאָמְרָה לּוֹ.** הַדְּבָרִים הַלָּלוּ, מָה אָמְרָה לוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and whoever is devoid of sense** (lit. and one devoid of sense.) **and she says to him** these words. What does she say to him?


###### Rashi on Proverbs 9:17:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 9:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/9:17:1)

**מַיִם גְּנוּבִים יִמְתָּקוּ.** אֵין טַעַם בִּיאַת פְּנוּיָה כְּטַעַם אֵשֶׁת אִישׁ. אַף לְעִנְיַן הַמִּצְוָה, **מַיִם גְּנוּבִים יִמְתָּקוּ.** שֶׁהָיוּ יְרֵאִים לַעֲשׂוֹת בְּגָלוּי וְעוֹשִׂין בְּסֵתֶר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Stolen water is sweet** The pleasure afforded by intimacy with a single woman does not equal that afforded by intimacy with a married woman. Also, regarding the commandments (other editions: sectarianism), stolen water is sweet, for they were afraid to do it in public, but did it in secret.