Commentary for II Kings 4:39
וַיֵּצֵ֨א אֶחָ֣ד אֶל־הַשָּׂדֶה֮ לְלַקֵּ֣ט אֹרֹת֒ וַיִּמְצָא֙ גֶּ֣פֶן שָׂדֶ֔ה וַיְלַקֵּ֥ט מִמֶּ֛נּוּ פַּקֻּעֹ֥ת שָׂדֶ֖ה מְלֹ֣א בִגְד֑וֹ וַיָּבֹ֗א וַיְפַלַּ֛ח אֶל־סִ֥יר הַנָּזִ֖יד כִּֽי־לֹ֥א יָדָֽעוּ׃
And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not.
Rashi on II Kings
To gather greens [herbs]. [‘אֹרֹת’ is] field-rocket which is called oruge, and it enlightens [=מֵאִיר] the eyes.29See Maseches Yoma 18b. Others interpret ‘אֹרֹת’ as herbs, as in, “like a clear heat on herbs [=אוֹר].”30Yeshayahu 18:4.
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Metzudat David on II Kings
from the fruit of a species of wild vines that are great in the feild and of the fruits that are poisinous
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Rashi on II Kings
And he found a vine in the field. A vine in the field.
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Metzudat David on II Kings
he cut them into peices and put them in the pot because he did not recognize it that it was a poisinous thing.
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Rashi on II Kings
And gathered wild gourds from it. Wild mushrooms sprouted from it, boleiz, in O.F., which are poisonous.31They did not realize that the mushrooms were poisonous. And in the name of Rabbi Menachem I heard, “and he gathered in addition to the fruit that grew from it, wild gourds.”
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Rashi on II Kings
And sliced [them]. Split them.
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