Commentary for Judges 20:33
וְכֹ֣ל ׀ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל קָ֚מוּ מִמְּקוֹמ֔וֹ וַיַּעַרְכ֖וּ בְּבַ֣עַל תָּמָ֑ר וְאֹרֵ֧ב יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מֵגִ֥יחַ מִמְּקֹמ֖וֹ מִמַּֽעֲרֵה־גָֽבַע׃
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar; and the liers-in-wait of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba.
Rashi on Judges
Baal Tamar. The plain of Yericho.7“Tamar”, lit. “date”, alludes to Yericho, “The city of dates.” Devarim, 34:3.
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Rashi on Judges
Poured. Extended themselves, as in "He shall draw the Yardein into his mouth,"8Eyov, 40:23. "You drew me from the womb."9Tehilim, 22:10.
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Maareh Gev'ah. From a narrow pass, the "nakedness,"10“Maareh” is from “Ervah,” nakedness. or exposed overlook of Givas Binyomin; its uncovered part from which it was defenseless against conquest, as in, "You have come to gaze at the nakedness of the land."11Beraishis, 42:9. Yoseif accused his brothers of spying, claiming. that they were seeking Egypt’s “nakedness,” or exposed, defenseless areas.
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