撒母耳記上 1:1 註釋：Rashi, Radak & Metzudat David

And there was a man. It all follows the order: Moshe gave over the Torah to Yehoshua and Yehoshua to the Elders and each Judge to his successor until it reached Eili who gave it over to Shmuel¹I.e., the “ו” of וְאֵלֶה links the Book of Shmuel with the preceeding Book of Shoftim and serves as a link between the oral tradition as stated in the Mishnah, “…and the Elders…” as we learned (in the Mishnah), "… and the Elders [gave it over] to the Prophets…"²Maseches Avos 1:1.

And there was (Vayehi) a man from Ramatayim of the Tzufites: We have already written at the beginning of the book of Yehoshua that the you will find that the [letter,] vav (usually meaning, and), is customary in the Hebrew language at the beginning of things, and likewise in the language of Yishmael (Arabic). And we also wrote about the grammar of the word, yehi, there.

Ramatayim of the Tzufites: That is the name of the place, due to there being two tall (ramot) mountains, viewing (tzofot) one across from the other.

From Ramasayim Tsofim. There were two hills each visible to the other.³Elkonoh lived in Romoh, see below verse 19; and he prophesied in Tsofim—Da’as Sofrim.⁴Maseches Megillah 14a. Targum Yonoson renders צוֹפִים: "of the disciples of prophets."

Elkonoh. He was a Levite of the sons of Aviosof, the son of Korach —his ancestry is thus recorded in Divrei Hayomim.⁵I Divrei Hayomim 6:19-23.

From the land of Ephrayim. [Targum] Yonoson renders "on the mountain of the house of Ephrayim." The Midrash Aggadah [renders] אֶפְרָתִי —a palace dweller, an important person,⁶Rashi emphasizes that אֶפְרָתִי does not mean that he was from the tribe of Ephrayim because it has already been established that he was from the tribe of Leivi. as in "let us extend אַפִּרְיוֹן to Rabbi Shimon,"⁷Maseches Bava Metzia 119a. [meaning] an expression of favor.