## Rashi on Zechariah Chapter 6

###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:1:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:1:1)

**וְהֶהָרִים הָרֵי נְחֹשֶׁת.** סִימָן עַל חֹזֶק מַלְכֻיּוֹת הַלָּלוּ הַבָּא לָהֶם **מִבֵּין שְׁנֵי הֶהָרִים** שֶׁהוּא קָשֶׁה וְאַמִּיץ, שֶׁאֵלּוּ **אַרְבַּע מַרְכָּבוֹת** שְׁלוּחֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לָתֵת מֶמְשֶׁלֶת לְאַרְבַּע מַלְכֻיּוֹת: בָּבֶל וּמָדַי יָוָן וֶאֱדוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the mountains were mountains of copper** A sign of the strength of these kingdoms, which came to them from between the two mountains, which are hard and strong, as these four chariots are messengers of the Holy one, blessed be He, to give ruling power to the four kingdoms of Babylon, Media, Greece, and Edom.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:2:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:2:1)

**סוּסִים אֲדֻמִּים.** הֵם שֶׁהִרְכִּיבוּ אֶת בָּבֶל, שֶׁהִיא אֲדֻמָּה, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב ״אַנְתְּ הוּא רֵאשָׁה דִּי דַהֲבָא״ (דניאל ב:לח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**red horses** They were the ones that caused Babylon to mount, for [Babylon] is red, as it is written (Dan. 2:38): “You are the head of gold” [gold having a red tinge].


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:2:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:2:2)

**שְׁחוֹרִים.** לְהַרְכִּיב אֶת מָדַי שֶׁהִשְׁחִירָה אֶת פְּנֵיהֶם שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּימֵי הָמָן (מגילה יא.):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**black** [Horses,] to cause Media to mount, for they blackened the faces of Israel in the days of Haman.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:3:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:3:1)

**לְבָנִים.** לְהַרְכִּיב אֶת פָּרַס שֶׁבָּנָה אֶת הַבַּיִת (אבות דרבי נתן נוסחא ב כה,ב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**white** To cause Persia to mount, and Persia built the Temple.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:3:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:3:2)

**בְּרֻדִּים.** הֵמָּה מְנֻמָּרִים, לְהַרְכִּיב אֶת יָוָן, שֶׁעִנּוּ אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמִינֵי גְּזֵרוֹת מְשֻׁנּוֹת זוֹ מִזֶּה (ויקרא רבה יג:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**spotted** They are spotted. [Their function is] to cause Greece to mount, [as Greece] oppressed Israel with various kinds of decrees


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:3:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:3:3)

**אֲמֻצִּים.** לְהַרְכִּיב יִשְׁמָעֵאל (ספרים אחרים: אֱדוֹם) וְלֹא יָדַעְתִּי מַהוּ לְשׁוֹן אֲמֻצִּים, וְיוֹנָתָן תִּרְגֵּם ״קִטְמָנִין״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**ash- colored** to cause Edom and Ishmael to mount, but I do not know the expression אֲמֻצִּים. Jonathan rendered: ash-colored.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:5:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:5:1)

**אֵלֶּה אַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם.** שָׂרֵי הָעוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים וּמַזָּלוֹת מַלְכֻיּוֹת הַקַּדְמוֹנִיּוֹת הַמּוֹשְׁלוֹת בְּאַרְבַּע רוּחוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**These are the four corners of the heavens** The heavenly princes of the nations that rule over the four corners of the heavens.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:5:2
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**יוֹצְאוֹת מֵהִתְיַצֵּב וְגוֹ׳.** בָּאוּ לְפָנָיו וְנָתַן לָהֶם רְשׁוּת מִפִּיו לִמְשֹׁל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**coming forth from standing, etc.** They came before Him, and He gave them permission from His mouth to rule.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:6:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:6:1)

**אֲשֶׁר בָּהּ הַסּוּסִים הַשְּׁחֹרִים יוֹצְאִים אֶל אֶרֶץ צָפוֹן.** לְהַרְכִּיב אֶת מָדַי. וְעַל הָאֲדוּמִים לֹא כָּתַב יוֹצְאִים, שֶׁכְּבָר כָּלְתָה לָהּ מֶמְשֶׁלֶת בָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**The one [chariot] the black horses were in was going to the northland** to cause Media to ride. Concerning the red ones, he does not write that they were going forth because the kingdom of Babylon had already been destroyed.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:6:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:6:2)

**וְהַלְּבָנִים יָצְאוּ אֶל אַחֲרֵיהֶם.** לְהַרְכִּיב אֶת פָּרַס, שֶׁשְּׁתֵּיהֶן בַּצָּפוֹן, וּמָשְׁלוּ עַל בָּבֶל:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the white ones went forth after them** to cause Persia to mount both of them, in the north, and they ruled over Babylon.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:6:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:6:3)

**וְהַבְּרֻדִּים יָצְאוּ אֶל אֶרֶץ הַתֵּימָן.** לְהַרְכִּיב אֶת יָוָן וְיִטְּלוּ הַמְּלוּכָה מִיַּד פָּרַס. וּבְפִתְרוֹנוֹ לְרַב סְעַדְיָה בְּדָנִיֵּאל רָאִיתִי מֶלֶךְ הַנֶּגֶב הוּא מֶלֶךְ יָוָן (דניאל יא:ה):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and the spotted ones went forth to the southland** to cause Greece to mount so that Greece should take the kingdom from Persia. In Rav Saadiah’s interpretation of Daniel, the king of the south (11:5) is identified with the king of Greece.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:7:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:7:1)

**וְהָאֲמֻצִּים יָצְאוּ וַיְבַקְשׁוּ.** מִלְּפָנָיו שֶׁיְּהֵא אֹרֶךְ גָּדוֹל לְמֶמְשַׁלְתָּם, לָלֶכֶת בְּכָל הָאָרֶץ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the ash-colored ones went forth and begged** of Him that they have a very long rule, to go throughout all the earth.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:7:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:7:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:7:2)

**וַיֹּאמֶר לְכוּ הִתְהַלְּכוּ בָאָרֶץ.** נָתַן לָהֶם רְשׁוּת לִמְשֹׁל מִמְשָׁל רַב (דניאל יא:ג), וְהוּא מַלְכוּת אֱדוֹם:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And He said, “Go, walk to and fro on the earth”** He gave them permission to rule a great ruling, and that is the kingdom of Edom.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:8:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:8:1)

**רְאֵה הַיּוֹצְאִים אֶל אֶרֶץ צָפוֹן.** לְהַרְכִּיב מָדַי וּפָרָס:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Look, those going forth to the northland** to cause Media and Persia to mount.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:8:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:8:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:8:2)

**הֵנִיחוּ אֶת רוּחִי.** שִׁכְּכוּ אֶת חֲמָתִי בְּבָבֶל, שֶׁהִשְׁחִיתוּ אֶת בֵּלְשַׁצַּר וְזַרְעוֹ שֶׁל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר (דניאל ה:ל). הוּא שֶׁאָמַר (ישעיהו מח:יד) ״ה׳ אֲהֵבוֹ יַעֲשֶׂה חֶפְצוֹ בְּבָבֶל וְגוֹ׳״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**eased My spirit** They caused My anger to subside in Babylon when they destroyed Belshazzar and Nebuchadnezzar’s descendants. This is what Isaiah (48:14) said: “The Lord loves him who shall do His will in Babylon, etc.”


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:10:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:10:1)

**לָקוֹחַ מֵאֵת הַגּוֹלָה מֵחֶלְדַּי וְגוֹ׳,** אֲשֶׁר בָּאוּ מִבָּבֶל. כָּל הָאֲנָשִׁים הָאֵלֶּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**Take from the exiles - from Heldai, etc., who have come from Babylon** All these people.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:12:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:12:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:12:1)

**צֶמַח שְׁמוֹ.** הוּא זְרֻבָּבֶל הָאָמוּר לְמַעְלָה ״הִנְנִי מֵבִיא אֶת עַבְדִּי צֶמַח״ (זכריה ג:ח), וְעַל שֵׁם שֶׁצָּמְחָה גְּדֻלָּתוֹ מְעַט מְעַט. וְיֵשׁ פּוֹתְרִים אוֹתוֹ (תנחומא קרח יב) בְּמֶלֶךְ הַמָּשִׁיחַ, אֲבָל כָּל הָעִנְיָן הַזֶּה מְדַבֵּר בְּבַיִת שֵׁנִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**whose name is the Shoot** He is Zerubbabel, mentioned above (3:8): “Behold, I bring My servant, the Shoot,” since his greatness burgeoned little by little. Some interpret this as referring to the King Messiah, but the entire context deals with the [time of the] Second Temple.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:12:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:12:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:12:2)

**וּמִתַּחְתָּיו יִצְמָח.** מִזֶּרַע הַמְּלוּכָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**who will spring up out of his place** From royal descent.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:13:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:13:1)

**וְהוּא יִשָּׂא הוֹד.** הוֹד נְשִׂיאוּת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and he shall bear glory** The glory of the kingship.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:13:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:13:2)

**וַיֵּשֶׁב.** כֹּהֵן גָּדוֹל עַל כִּסֵּא הַכְּהֻנָּה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And he shall sit** The High Priest [shall sit] on the throne of the priesthood.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:13:3
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:13:3)

**וַעֲצַת שָׁלוֹם וְגוֹ׳.** הַנָּשִׂיא וְהַכֹּהֵן יֹאהֲבוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And a council of peace, etc.** The king and the Priest shall love one another.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:14:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:14:1)

**וְהָעֲטָרוֹת תִּהְיֶה לְחֵלֶם וְגוֹ׳.** מִקְרָא מְסֹרָס הוּא, וְהָעֲטָרוֹת תִּהְיֶינָה בְּהֵיכַל ה׳ לְזִכָּרוֹן טוֹב לְחֵלֶם וּלְטוֹבִיָּה אֲשֶׁר הִתְנַדְּבוּ הַכֶּסֶף וְהַזָּהָב. וְאוֹתָן עֲטָרוֹת הָיוּ תְּלוּיוֹת בַּחֲלוֹנוֹת בְּגֹבַהּ הַהֵיכָל, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ בְּמַסֶּכֶת מִדּוֹת (מידות ג,ח):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And the crowns shall be for Helem, etc.** This is a transposed verse. It should be understood as: And the crowns shall be in the Temple of the Lord as a good memorial for Helem and for Tobijah, who donated the silver and the gold. Those crowns were hanging in the windows in the height of the Temple, as we learned in tractate Middoth (36a, 3:8).


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:14:2
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:14:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:14:2)

**חֵלֶם.** הוּא חֶלְדָּי (זכריה ו:י):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**for Helem** That is Heldai.


###### Rashi on Zechariah 6:15:1
[Rashi on Zechariah 6:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Zechariah/r/6:15:1)

**וְהָיָה אִם שָׁמוֹעַ.** וְהָיָה לָכֶם הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה **אִם שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמְעוּ וְגוֹ׳**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And it shall come to pass if you hearken** And this thing shall come to pass for you if you hearken, etc.