Commentary for Judges 3:26
וְאֵה֥וּד נִמְלַ֖ט עַ֣ד הִֽתְמַהְמְהָ֑ם וְהוּא֙ עָבַ֣ר אֶת־הַפְּסִילִ֔ים וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט הַשְּׂעִירָֽתָה׃
And Ehud escaped while they lingered, having passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirah.
Rashi on Judges
Escaped. Fled, "eschamocier" in old French.
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Metzudat David on Judges
They waited and delayed until it became embarrassing
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Metzudat Zion on Judges
as "while"
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Rashi on Judges
While [lit. until] they tarried. As in,13Rashi cites these quotations to demonstrate that עַד, lit. “until”, may be translated as while”. "While the king lounged,"14Shir Hashirim, 1:12. "Affection, while still desired"15Ibid, 2:7.—while we both desire it.
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Metzudat David on Judges
Pesilim was in the land of Moab, and he ran to Seir that was from the land of Israel.
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Metzudat Zion on Judges
Matter of waiting. As in Genesis 43:10. "If only we had not waited"
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Rashi on Judges
In the underbrush. A thin-branched, heavily wooded forest, called "brousaille", brush, in old French, excellent for concealment. Frequently, in the order of Zeraim, thin branches are called "sa'ar"—"[He] overturned the branches,"16Kilayim, 4:9. "If the branches meshed."17Peah, 2:3.
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Metzudat Zion on Judges
The name of the place
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