Comentario sobre II Reyes 4:16
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לַמּוֹעֵ֤ד הַזֶּה֙ כָּעֵ֣ת חַיָּ֔ה אתי [אַ֖תְּ] חֹבֶ֣קֶת בֵּ֑ן וַתֹּ֗אמֶר אַל־אֲדֹנִי֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל־תְּכַזֵּ֖ב בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ׃
Y él le dijo: A este tiempo según el tiempo de la vida, abrazarás un hijo. Y ella dijo: No, señor mío, varón de Dios, no hagas burla de tu sierva.
Rashi on II Kings
“At this season [next year] when the time comes to give birth.” Just as you are alive and well today, so will you be alive at this season [next year]16I.e., Elisha was guaranteeing her future health by comparing it to her present state of health. Alternatively, חַיָּה refers to a woman who gives birth and כָּעֵת חַיָּה refers to a nine month span, the normal period of pregnancy. Elisha told her that the baby will be born after fully developing in the womb.—Metzudas Dovid at this time and embracing a son.
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Metzudat David on II Kings
As if to say, in the time to come, at the time it is appropriate to be "alive" ( meaning a woman who is giving birth) and at the end of nine months are the days of pregnancy.
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Rashi on II Kings
“Do not my master.” Do not say, “embracing a son.” Why do I need to embrace him if I will end up burying him?17She suspected that her son would survive for only a short period because the prophet used the expression “you will be hugging a son” instead of “you will have a son,” the expression used by the angels when they told Avrohom that Sarah will bear him a son. See Bereishis 18:10.—Malbim This is what she said to him when he died, “Did I not say, ‘Do not mislead me’?”
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Rashi on II Kings
Do not deceive. Do not show me something that will fail. You have power to beg mercy, so that a son will be given to me. But I beg you, do not give me [any child], rather a child who will live.
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Rashi on II Kings
Do not deceive. Like “whose waters will not fail.”18Yeshayahu 58:11.
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Metzudat David on II Kings
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