Judges 9:53 Commentary: Rashi

וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְ אִשָּׁ֥ה אַחַ֛ת פֶּ֥לַח רֶ֖כֶב עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ וַתָּ֖רִץ אֶת־גֻּלְגָּלְתּֽוֹ׃

And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.

Rashi on Judges

A pestle shard. A fragment of upper grinding stone called "pestle" [lit. "rider.16As the upper pestle stone “rides” the lower mortar stone. (Metzudos).].
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Rashi on Judges

And smashed. Crushed.17תָּרָץ is usually translated as “ran”. Here, however, the translation is “crushed”, or “smashed”.
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