Kommentar zu Schoftim 3:15
וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ אֶל־יְהוָה֒ וַיָּקֶם֩ יְהוָ֨ה לָהֶ֜ם מוֹשִׁ֗יעַ אֶת־אֵה֤וּד בֶּן־גֵּרָא֙ בֶּן־הַיְמִינִ֔י אִ֥ישׁ אִטֵּ֖ר יַד־יְמִינ֑וֹ וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל בְּיָדוֹ֙ מִנְחָ֔ה לְעֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֥לֶךְ מוֹאָֽב׃
Die Kinder Israel schrieen dann zum Herrn und der Herr ließ ihnen aufstehen einen Retter, den Ehud, Sohn Gera, einen Benjaminiten, der an seiner rechten Hand gelähmt war [er war links]. Und die Kinder Israel sandten durch ihn ein Geschenk an Eglon, König von Moab.
Rashi on Judges
Whose right arm was immobile. Yonasan renders "A man whose right arm was shrunken." "Gamid" in the Aramaic always indicates something shrunken by disease, "retrait", "shrunk" in old French. He could not utilize his right arm. In Hebrew, "closed", as in "Let not the well close its mouth over me."4Tehilim, 69:16. His right arm was "closed"—he could not utilize it.
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Metzudat David on Judges
from the tribe of Benjamin
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Metzudat Zion on Judges
A matter of contraction as in Psalm 69: 16 "Don't let the mouth of the Pit not close over me." It is to say it is as if his right hand was contracted because he didn't extend it.
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Metzudat David on Judges
...A LEFTY (CRIPPLED). It is explained that the reason why the king of Moab was not guarded from Ehud's sword was because he was a lefty. Normally it (the sword) hangs on the left thigh so that its comfortable to grab with one's right hand, but this is not the case and therefore there was nothing noticeable on his left thigh underneath his outer garment and therefore they didn't feel anything because they did not think that he was a lefty
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Metzudat David on Judges
...AND THEY SEND... A TRIBUTE: So that they don't suspect anything and they trust him when they see him his submission in bringing a tribute
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