Commentary for Judges 14:15
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לְאֵֽשֶׁת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ פַּתִּ֣י אֶת־אִישֵׁ֗ךְ וְיַגֶּד־לָ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִידָ֔ה פֶּן־נִשְׂרֹ֥ף אוֹתָ֛ךְ וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָבִ֖יךְ בָּאֵ֑שׁ הַלְיָרְשֵׁ֕נוּ קְרָאתֶ֥ם לָ֖נוּ הֲלֹֽא׃
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife: ‘Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire; have ye called us hither to impoverish us?’
Rashi on Judges
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.
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Rashi on Judges
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.”
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