וַתִּכְבַּ֤ד הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ אֶל־שָׁא֔וּל וַיִּמְצָאֻ֥הוּ הַמּוֹרִ֖ים אֲנָשִׁ֣ים בַּקָּ֑שֶׁת וַיָּ֥חֶל מְאֹ֖ד מֵהַמּוֹרִֽים׃
L’attaque s’acharna contre Saül; il fut surpris par les archers, qui lui causèrent une grande frayeur.
Tosafot
"Here it is about the Torah and the Torah is grammatically female". [Problem:] But if you say: "War" is also grammatically female, as it is written "The war was heavy (fem.) for Shaul" (1 Shmuel 1:33), "And the way continued (fem.)" (1 Shmuel 19:8). Additional problem: When it said that it is the way of a man to make war, and not of a woman, it is also the way of a man to learn Torah and not of a woman! Solution: These are not similar, because here it is about the Torah itself since Scripture is called "way", and not about those who learn it, while "They went out to you" (Devarim 28:7) is about the warriors, and they are men whose way is to make war.
Ramban
ROVEH KASHOTH (AN ARCHER). Since kashoth is an adjective, they340Ibn Ezra and R’dak. Their point is as follows: Since kashoth is an adjective, or more precisely, a shem hatoar, (a noun-adjective), as is also roveh, how could two adjectives appear without a noun? Therefore they said that the two words, roveh kashoth, are not in construct with one another, but they are interpreted as roveh vekashoth (a shooter of arrows and maker of bows) with the companion noun of each adjective being tacitly understood. Ramban’s opinion, however, is that since roveh may mean either “a shooter of arrows” or “a thrower of stones,” the word kashoth is used in order to explain that he was a shooter with the bow, meaning, a shooter of arrows and not a thrower of stones. have said that roveh is one who shoots arrows, the word being derived from the expressions: His archers compass me round about;341Job 16:13. The archers have dealt bitterly with him,342Further, 49:23. — and kashoth is one who makes arrows.
A more correct interpretation is that roveh is a shooter, and it can refer to one who shoots arrows or throws stones or other objects, even as it is said, Behold this heap… which I have thrown up between me and thee.343Ibid., 31:51. Therefore, the verse describes him further by saying that he was a shooter with the bow. In a similar sense is the verse, And the shooters of arrows by the bow overtook him.344I Samuel 31:3.
A more correct interpretation is that roveh is a shooter, and it can refer to one who shoots arrows or throws stones or other objects, even as it is said, Behold this heap… which I have thrown up between me and thee.343Ibid., 31:51. Therefore, the verse describes him further by saying that he was a shooter with the bow. In a similar sense is the verse, And the shooters of arrows by the bow overtook him.344I Samuel 31:3.