Komentarz do Sędziów 4:5

Under [Devorah's] date tree. She owned date trees in Yericho.

Under the date palm: So that she not be secluded with the men who would come to her for judgement, she fixed her place under the date palm. As there is no place for seclusion there (Megillah 14:1).

Tomer: It is like, tamar (date). And Yonatan translated the verse (in the Targum) like this, "And she sat in the town, etc." And it can be said, according to its plain sense, that she had a house under a date palm. And that which it said, Devorah, (again) is additional identification, for she was already mentioned. And it stated, "And she," [because] we knew that it was speaking about her, and [since] it mentioned, Devorah, after this for additional identification. As this is the way of the language, as in (Genesis 6:9), "These are the generations of Noach, Noach," and others beside it.

Between Ramah and Beis El, on Mount Ephrayim. From Yonasan's translation⁴Targum Yonasan renders, “She lived in the city of Ataros. Devorah was financially independent. She owned date trees in Yericho, orchards in Ramah, oil producing olive trees in the wetlands of the Beis Eil plateau, white soil in Tur Malka.” we infer that this passage is not meant literally—that these are not intended to identify her dwelling place. Rather, we learn that she was an affluent woman, with financial interests in these places. She lived in a city named Ataros.

Devorah, between Ramah and Bet El: That is to say, Devorah was always between Ramah [and Beit El].

And they went up: And the Children of Israel would go up to her for judgement, since she judged Israel in those days. But her prophecy was [only] for her time; as we have not found a prophecy of hers for the future (in the Bible).

Under [Devorah's] date tree. She owned date trees in Yericho, vineyards in Rama, olive trees in the Bethel plateau, a fertile area, and white soil in Mount Ephrayim, at Tur Malka. In my opinion, this was sold for ceramic use. Some interpret "white soil" as grain fields, as in "the grain [lit. "white"] field."⁵The Talmud [Moed Katan, 6:b, etc.] refers to the grain field as שֽׂדֵה לׇכׇן, literally “white field.” Rashi [Pe’ah, 3:1] explains that this is because grain whitens when ripe for harvesting. Or, to distinguish between the grain field, which is subject to the sun’s white glare, and the orchard, which is darkened by the shade of the trees.

And they would go up to her: To that place.