Commento su Giudici 5:23
א֣וֹרוּ מֵר֗וֹז אָמַר֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה אֹ֥רוּ אָר֖וֹר יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ כִּ֤י לֹֽא־בָ֙אוּ֙ לְעֶזְרַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְעֶזְרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה בַּגִּבּוֹרִֽים׃
'Maledizione a Meroz', disse l'angelo dell'Eterno, 'Maledici amaramente i loro abitanti, poiché non vennero in aiuto dell'Eterno, in aiuto dell'Eterno contro i potenti.'
Rashi on Judges
Curse Meroz! One opinion is that this was a star.38Sisera’s protective star. (Rashi to Moed Katan, 16:a). According to others, this was a distinguished person who was near the battle field but failed to appear.39Moed Katan ibid.
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Metzudat David on Judges
Curse Meroz: You - curse the place, Meroz.
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Radak on Judges
Curse Meroz: It is the name of a city close to the war's location; and [its inhabitants] did not come to help. Therefore she cursed them. But she did not curse the far ones that did not come.
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Rashi on Judges
Declares Adonoy's emissary. Barak made this declaration, as the emissary of the Holy One, blessed is He.
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Metzudat David on Judges
Said: The angel said to curse it. And [Devorah] said it prophetically.
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Radak on Judges
Said the angel of the Lord: This is like its literal meaning, since Devorah was a prophetess; so she said it prophetically. But Yonatan translated [it] (in the Targum), "Barak, the prophet of the Lord, said."
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Rashi on Judges
Those who dwell in it. Those who remain within his four amohs. With four hundred shofar blasts, Barak excommunicated Meroz.40Ibid.
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Metzudat David on Judges
Curse, etc.: That is to say, curse it, saying, "Cursed are the inhabitants of Meroz" - since they did not come to the assistance of the Lord's people, even though they were close to the war's location.
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Rashi on Judges
To assist Adonoy. As if it were possible,41 כביכול, “as if it were possible,” is used as a caveat when human qualities seem to be attributed to Adonoy. if anyone comes to Yisroel's assistance, it is as if he were assisting the Divine Presence.42Yalkut, 55.
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Metzudat David on Judges
To the assistance of the Lord with the warriors: She repeated the matter, to explain what assistance it was. So she said, to the assistance of the people of the Lord, who are fighting with the warriors - and [the warriors] are Sisera's men.
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