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Rashi on II Samuel Chapter 16

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וּמֵאָה קַיִץ. (תרגום:) ״וּמְאָה מְנָן דְּבֵילְתָּא״:

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One hundred portions of dried figs. Yonoson translates: "One hundred portions of dried figs."

כֹּה יְקַלֵּל. כֵּן יְקַלֵּל:

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He should curse [me] like this. He should curse like this.

ה׳ אָמַר לוֹ. אֶפְשָׁר אָדָם כְּמוֹתוֹ שֶׁהוּא רֹאשׁ לְסַנְהֶדְרִין, יְקַלֵּל אֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ אִם לֹא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לוֹ מֵאֵת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא:

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God told him. Is it possible that a man like him who is head of the Sanhedrin would curse the king if he were not told [to do so] by God?

יִרְאֶה ה׳ בְּעֵינִי. דִּמְעַת עֵינִי:

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God will see [the tears] in my eyes. [Yonoson translates:] "The tears of my eyes."

וַיִּנָּפֵשׁ שָׁם. בְּבַחוּרִים:

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And they rested there. In Bachurim.

וְחָזְקוּ יְדֵי כָּל אֲשֶׁר אִתָּךְ. כִּי עַתָּה יָדָם רָפָה לַעֲזֹר לְךָ, שֶׁאוֹמְרִים בְּלִבָּם הַבֵּן יִתְחָרֵט אֵצֶל אָבִיו, וָאָנוּ נִהְיֶה שְׂנוּאִים לַמֶּלֶךְ:

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And you will strengthen the hands of all those who are with you. Because at present their hands are feeble in their ability to help you because they are saying [to themselves] in their hearts, "The son will change towards [and reconcile with] his father and we will be hated by the king.¹

footnotes: ¹ For having joined a conspiracy against him.

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