Commentary for I Samuel 22:18
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לדויג [לְדוֹאֵ֔ג] סֹ֣ב אַתָּ֔ה וּפְגַ֖ע בַּכֹּהֲנִ֑ים וַיִּסֹּ֞ב דויג [דּוֹאֵ֣ג] הָאֲדֹמִ֗י וַיִּפְגַּע־הוּא֙ בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וַיָּ֣מֶת ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא שְׁמֹנִ֤ים וַחֲמִשָּׁה֙ אִ֔ישׁ נֹשֵׂ֖א אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד׃
And the king said to Doeg: ‘Turn thou, and fall upon the priests.’ And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod.
Rashi on I Samuel
To Doeg. [Doeg's] name changed [to Doyeig].9דַיָג means fisherman. He said to him, "You are caught like a fish;10Based on Talmud Yerushalmi Maseches Sanhedrin 10:2. However, the Gemara in Maseches Sanhedrin 106b explains that דֹאֵג means worry, i.e., ה׳ was concerned that he might go astray. Once he did, ה׳ said, ‘וי’[= woe], it is lamentable that this brilliant person has gone astray, hence the דוֹיֵג spelling. you informed on them so you slay them."
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