Kommentar zu Schoftim 14:21

As He sought a pretext. An accusation with which to provoke a confrontation against them.

And discussed [lit. spoke with] the woman. He spoke of the woman¹Not “with” the woman. with her relatives. This is Targum Yonasan's rendition.

A colony of bees. A beehive—a swarm of bees.

He dislodged it. This connotes the separation of an attached object. Similarly, with regard to a loaf attached to an oven, separation is described as "dislodging"—²Shabbos, 117:b. "If one dislodges a loaf from the oven,"³Shabbos, 95:a. "If one dislodges his hive,"⁴The honeycomb from the hive. as the honey is produced in wax combs attached to the walls of the hive in every area, extending from wall to wall along its circumference. Similarly, Targum Yonasan translates "He removed it."

His father descended to discuss the woman. With regard to the woman.

Friends. Companions who formed the retinue of wedding attendants.

It was on the seventh day of the week, but not the seventh of the feast. It was, rather, the fourth of the feast days.

Was it to impoverish us that you invited us here. Targum Yonasan renders: Was it to make us poor⁵לְיָרְשֵׁנוּ is not interpreted as “to inherit us,” but as “to make us poor.” that you called us here?⁶הֲלֹא is not interpreted as “Did you not? but as “here.”

The seven days. What remained of the seven days, after the fourth day.

Before sunset. Before the sun descended, as they still had time until nightfall.

Plowed with my calf. This is allegorical—if you had not questioned my wife.⁷This is Targum Yonasan’s translation.⁸Who is cherished as a young calf is cherished. (Sanhedrin, 21:a.)

The Divine spirit. A spirit of power, Divinely inspired.⁹This is Targum Yonasan’s translation.

Their garments. The garments which he had stripped from them.

To a Friend. To one of the wedding attendants.