ציטירנדיקער פּירוש אויף שמואל א 2:24

איש ואשתו, male and female The words are not to be understood literally as “man and wife,” i.e. exclusive mates, but are a figure of speech. The best example and proof that the expression is not meant literally, is found in Exodus 26,3 אשה אל אחותה, describing certain boards of the Tabernacle being close matches. No one in their right mind would translate these words as “woman and her sister.” When the Torah here speaks in cumbersome language of מן הבהמה אשר איננו טהורה, meaning the ritually impure animals, instead of simply writing מן הבהמה הטמאה, this is not an unusual stylistic expression. We find similar cumbersome language in similar contexts in Deuteronomy 23,11אשר לא יהיה טהור or in Samuel I 20,24 כי לא טהור הוא. There are numerous more examples. Our sages in Pessachim 3 say that the Torah meant to demonstrate that it is worthwhile to write a few extra words in order to avoid the use of coarse or unseemly language.

I have no misgivings²⁷The word afunah, translated “misgivings,” is used only once in Scripture, in Psalms 88:16. if any arguments or pilpul in my book also may have been advanced previously by my colleagues. At this time there has been an increase of God’s people spreading [false statements];²⁸I Samuel 2:24, “No, my sons, for the rumor that I hear God’s people spreading is not good.” slander is common among students and colleagues, and these individuals are transgressing the prohibition against suspecting the innocent. Because of my many duties, I was not always able to carry out a search of [various] books except in certain instances. If it happened that I saw [one of my ideas, which was independently derived in another book], I then made a note that my idea could be found in another source. In many instances [even when I did find my idea expressed in another source], I did not have the time [to note that source], and the original document remained unchanged.