Commentary for II Kings 4:2
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלֶ֤יהָ אֱלִישָׁע֙ מָ֣ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ הַגִּ֣ידִי לִ֔י מַה־יֶּשׁ־לכי [לָ֖ךְ] בַּבָּ֑יִת וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אֵ֣ין לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ֥ כֹל֙ בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֖י אִם־אָס֥וּךְ שָֽׁמֶן׃
And Elisha said unto her: ‘What shall I do for thee? tell me; what hast thou in the house?’ And she said: ‘Thy handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.’
Rashi on II Kings
A jar of oil. Enough oil for anointment [=אָסוּךְ], and the ‘א’ is part of the root,3Alternatively, the root is סוך, and the ‘א’ is an added prefix.—Radak like the ‘א’ of, “and my speech [=וְאַחְוָתִי] in your ears,”4Iyov 13:17. and the ‘א’ of, “the dread [=אִבְחַת] of those struck down by the sword.”5Yechezkeil 21:20.
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Metzudat David on II Kings
The blessing will settle on him
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Metzudat David on II Kings
Nothing at all
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