וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ כָּֽל־בַּעֲלֵ֖י מִֽגְדַּל־שְׁכֶ֑ם וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־צְרִ֔יחַ בֵּ֖ית אֵ֥ל בְּרִֽית׃
A cette nouvelle, les bourgeois de la tour de Sichem allèrent se réfugier dans le donjon du temple d’El-Berith.
Rashi on Judges
Forest stockade. A forest encircled by twisted trees and branches, called "plisse" in old French.
Rashi on Judges
Of the temple of the god Beris. The stockade belonged to Baal Beris, the name of their deity. Tzalmon15Mentioned in v. 48., too, owned a forest there. Others interpret צֽרִיחַ as "voutes" in old French, "bunker," dug into the ground.