## Targum Jonathan on Exodus Chapter 17

###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:1
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וּנְטָלוּ כָּל כְּנִשְׁתָּא דִבְנֵי יִשְרָאֵל מִמַּדְבְּרָא דְסִין לְמִטְלָנֵיהוֹן עַל מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ וּשְׁרוֹ בִּרְפִידִים אַתְרָא דְבַטִּילוּ אִידֵיהוֹן מִמִצְוָותָא דְאוֹרַיְתָא וְאִתְיַיבְּשׁוּ מַבּוּעַיָא וְלָא הֲוָה מוֹי לְמִשְׁתֵּי לְעַמָּא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed from the desert of Sin by their journeyings according to the word of the Lord, and they encamped in Rephidim, a place where their hands were idle in the commandments of the law, and the fountains were dry, and there was no water for the people to drink.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:2
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וְנָצוּ רַשִׁיעֵי עַמָא עִם משֶׁה וְאָמָרוּ הַב לָן מוֹי וְנִשְׁתֵּי וַאֲמַר לְהוֹן משֶׁה מַה נָּצַן אַתּוּן עִמִּי וּמַה מְנַסֵן אַתּוּן קֳדָם יְיָ

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And the wicked of the people contended with Mosheh, and said, Give us water, that we may drink. And Mosheh said to them, Why contend you with me? and why tempt you before the Lord?


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:3
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וּצְחִי תַמָּן עַמָּא לְמוֹי וְאִתְרָעַם עַמָּא עַל משֶׁה וַאֲמַר לְמָא דְנַן אַסֵיקְתָּנָא מִמִּצְרַיִם לְקַטְלָא יָתָנָא וְיַת בְּנָנָא וְיַת גֵּיתָנָא בְּצָחוּתָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
But the people were athirst for water, and the people murmured against Mosheh, and said, Why hast thou made us come up out of Mizraim, to kill us, and our children, and our cattle with thirst ?


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:4
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וְצַלִּי משֶׁה קֳדָם יְיָ לְמֵימַר מַה אַעֲבֵיד לְעַמָּא הָדֵין תּוּב קָלִיל זְעֵיר וְהִינוּן רַגְמִין יָתִי

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Mosheh prayed before the Lord, saying What shall I do for this people? Yet a very little, and they will stone me.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:5
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה עִיבַּר קֳדָם עַמָּא וּדְבַר עִמָּךְ מִסָּבֵי יִשְרָאֵל וְחוּטְרָךְ דְּמָחִית בֵּיהּ יַת נַהֲרָא דְּבַר בִּידָךְ וְאִיזֵיל לָךְ מִן קֳדָם תּוּרְעֲמַתְהוֹן

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And the Lord said to Mosheh, Pass over before the people, and take with thee some of the elders of Israel, and the rod with which thou didst smite the river take in thy hand, and go from the face of their murmuring.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:6
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הָאֲנָא קָאִים קֳדָמָךְ תַּמָּן בְּאַתְרָא דְתֶחֱמֵי רוֹשֶׁם רִיגְלָא בְּחוֹרֵב וְתִמְחֵי בֵיהּ בְּטִינָר בְּחוּטְרָךְ וְיִפְקוּן מִינֵהּ מוֹי לְמִשְׁתֵּי וְיִשְׁתּוּן עַמָּא וְעָבַד הֵיכְדֵין משֶׁה קֳדָם סָבֵי יִשְרָאֵל

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
Behold, I will stand before thee there, on the spot where thou sawest the impress of the foot on Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock with thy rod, and therefrom shall come forth waters for drinking, and the people shall drink. And Mosheh did so before the elders of Israel.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:7
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וּקְרָא שְׁמָא דְאַתְרָא הַהוּא נִסְיוֹנָא וּמַצּוּתָא בְּגִין דְּנָצוּ בְּנֵי יִשְרָאֵל עִם משֶׁה וּבְגִין דְּנַסְיַין קֳדָם יְיָ לְמֵימַר הַאִין קוּשְׁטָא אִיקַר שְׁכִינְתָּא דַיְיָ שַׁרְיָא בֵּינָנָא אִין לָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And he called the name of that place Temptation and Strife; because there the sons of Israel contended with Mosheh, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Doth the glory of the majesty of the Lord truly dwell among us, or not?


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:8
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וְאָתָא עֲמָלֵק מֵאַרַע דְּרוֹמָא וְשַׁוֵור בְּלֵילְיָא הַהוּא אֶלֶף וְשִׁית מְאָה מִילִין וּמִן בִּגְלַל מַצּוּתָא דַּהֲוָה בֵינֵי עֵשָו וּבֵינֵי יַעֲקב אָתָא וְאַגַּח קְרָבָא עִם יִשְרָאֵל בִּרְפִידִים וַהֲוָה נְסִיב וְקָטִיל גּוּבְרִין מִדְּבֵית דָּן דְּלָא הֲוָה עֲנָנָא מְקַבִּיל יַתְהוֹן מִן בִּגְלַל פּוּלְחָנָא נוּכְרָאָה דִי בֵינֵיהוֹן

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Amalek came from the land of the south and leaped on that night a thousand and six hundred miles; and on account of the disagreement which had been between Esau and Jakob, he came and waged war with Israel in Rephidim, and took and killed (some of the) men of the house of Dan; for the cloud did not embrace them, because of the strange worship that was among them.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:9
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וַאֲמַר משֶׁה לִיהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּחַר לָנָא גּוּבְרִין גִּבָּרִין וְתַקִּיפִין בְּפִקּוּדַיָא וְנִצְחָנֵי קְרָבָא וּפוּק מִתְּחוֹת עֲנָנֵי יְקָרָא וּסְדַר סִדְרֵי קְרָבָא לִקְבֵיל מַשִׁירְיַין עֲמָלֵק מְחַר אֲנָא קָאִים בְּצוֹמָא מֵעַתַּד בְּזַכְוָות אַבְהָתָא רֵישֵׁי עַמָּא וְזַכְוַות אִימְהָתָא דִמְתִילַן לִגְלִימָתָא וְחוּטְרָא דְאִתְעֲבִידוּ בֵיהּ נִיסִין מִן קֳדָם יְיָ בִּידִי

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Mosheh said to Jehoshua, Choose such men as are strong in the precepts, and victorious in fight; and go, under the Cloud of glory, and set battle in array against the hosts of Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand, prepared with fasting, with the righteous fathers of the chiefs of the people, and the righteous mothers who are like the hills, with the rod with which the miracles have been wrought from before the Lord, in my hand.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:10
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וְעָבַד יְהוֹשֻׁעַ הֵיכְמָא דְאָמַר לֵיהּ משֶׁה לְאַגָחָא קְרָבָא בַּעֲמָלֵק וּמשֶׁה אַהֲרן וְחוּר סְלִיקוּ לְרֵישׁ רָמָתָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Jehoshua did as Mosheh had bidden him, to wage war with Amalek. And Mosheh, and Aharon, and Hur went up to the top of the height.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:11
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וַהֲוָה כַד זְקֵיף משֶׁה יְדוֹי בִּצְלוֹי וּמִתְגַּבְּרִין דְּבֵית יִשְרָאֵל וְכַד הֲוָה מָנַח יְדוֹי מִן לְמַצְלַיָיא וּמִתְגַּבְּרִין דְּבֵית עֲמָלֵק

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And it was, when Mosheh lifted up his hands in prayer, that the house of Israel prevailed; and when he rested his hand from praying, that the house of Amalek prevailed.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:12
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וִידוֹי דְמשֶׁה הֲווֹ יַקְרִין מִן בִּגְלַל דְּעִכַּב קְרָבָא לִמְחַר וְלָא אִזְדְּרַז בְּיוֹמָא הַהוּא לְפוּרְקָנָא דְיִשְרָאֵל וְלָא הֲוָה יָכִיל לְמִיזְקַפְהוֹן בִּצְלוֹי וּמִן דַּהֲוָה צָבֵי לְסִגּוּפֵי נַפְשֵׁיהּ נְסִיבוּ אַבְנָא וְשַׁוִּיוּ תְּחוֹתוֹי וִיתֵיב עִילַוָּהּ וְאַהֲרן וְחוּר מְסַעֲדִין לִידוֹי מִיכָּא חָד וּמִכָּא חָד וְהַוָּאָה יְדוֹי פְּרִיסַן בְּהֵימְנוּתָא בִּצְלוֹ וְצוֹמָא עַד מִטְמוֹעַ שִׁמְשָׁא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And the hands of Mosheh were heavy, because the conflict was prolonged till the morrow, and the deliverance of Israel was not prepared on that day; and he could not hold them up in prayer; on which account he would have afflicted his soul. And they took a stone, and placed it under him, and he sat upon it; and Aharon and Hur supported his hand, this the one, and that the other; and his hands were outstretched with firmness, (or, fidelity,) in prayer and fasting, until the going down of the sun.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:13
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וּתְבַר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ יַת עֲמָלֵק דְּקָטַע רֵישֵׁי גִיבָּרַיָא דְּעַמֵּיהּ עַל פּוּם מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בִּקְטִילַת סַיְיפָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Jehoshua shattered Amalek, and cut off the heads, of the strong men of his people, by the mouth of the Word of the Lord, with the slaughter of the sword.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:14
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וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְמשֶׁה כְּתוֹב דָּא דוּכְרָנָא בְּסֵפֶר סָבַיָיא דְמִלְקַדְמִין וְשַׁוִּי פִּתְגָמַיָא הָאִינוּן בְּמִשְׁמָעֵיהּ דִּיהוֹשֻׁעַ אֲרוּם מִימְחָא אֶמְחֵי יַת דּוּכְרָן עֲמָלֵק מִתְּחוֹת שְׁמַיָא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And the Lord said unto Mosheh, Write this memorial in the book of the elders that were of old, and these words in the hearing, of Jehoshua, that blotting, I will blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:15
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וּבְנָא משֶׁה מַדְבְּחָה וּקְרָא שְׁמֵיהּ מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ דֵּין נִיסָא דִילִי דְנִיסָא דְעָבַר אַתְרָא בְּגִינִי הוּא

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And Mosheh builded an altar, and called the name of it, The Word of the Lord is my banner; for the sign which He hath wrought (in this) place was on my behalf.


###### Targum Jonathan on Exodus 17:16
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וַאֲמַר אֲרוּם קַיֵּים מֵימְרָא דַיְיָ בְּכוּרְסֵיהּ יְקָרֵיהּ דְּהוּא בְּמֵימְרֵיהּ יַגִּיחַ קְרָבָא בִּדְבֵית עֲמָלֵק וִישֵׁיצֵי יַתְהוֹן לִתְלָתֵי דָרַיָא מִדָּרָא דְעַלְמָא דֵין וּמִדָּרָא דִמְשִׁיחָא וּמִדָּרָא דְעַלְמָא דְאָתֵי

**The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862:**
And he said, Because the Word of the Lord hath sworn by the throne of His glory, that He by His Word will fight against those of the house of Amalek, and destroy them unto three generations; from the generation of this world, from the generation of the Meshiha, and from the generation of the world to come.