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Rashi on the Former Prophets

CC BY · The Metsudah Tanach series (Metsudah Publications, Lakewood, NJ)
Chapter 7

Judges 7

Of signal valley ridge. Overlooking the plain. הַמּוֹרֶה connotes instruction, observation, as in "instructs by gesturing." From there they would observe, and then signal instructions to the valley.

Glorify. "Vanter" in old French.

In the morning. In the morning is צַפְדׇא in Aramaic.

Anyone who laps with his tongue, etc. Anyone who bends forward while on his knees to drink, set them aside, out of your retinue. They shall not accompany you, since they are practiced in kneeling before idols.

Who lapped from hand. This is not the kind of bending forward as when lapping up with the tongue.

Lay in the valley. Were stationed in the valley.

Toasted. The written text is צׇלוּל, "clear". The generation was cleared of righteous men.
A toasted barley bread. A loaf of barley bread. A loaf toasted over coals.
Barley bread. This represents the merit of the Omer offering, which was brought on Pesach.
And hit it, and it collapsed (the tent), then it overturned the tent, completely overturned, and the tent collapsed.

The recounting of the dream. The story of the dream. "The retelling of the dream and its interpretation."
And its interpretation [lit. "its sale"]. The goods exchanged for it, or its interpretation.

Shofars and torches to invoke the merit of the giving of the Torah. According to the plain explanation: this took place at night, as it is written, and it was dark. They therefore carried torches to provide them with light. They placed them in pitchers so that the torches would remain undetected.

Watch me. Watch my actions, and follow suit.

I, and everyone with me. One of the divisions and one hundred men accompanied him.
For Adonoy, and for Gidon. The sword that executes is from Adonoy, so that victory is Gidon's.

Had posted. The soldiers had already posted the sentries who were assigned to the middle watch. Members of the military usually assign sentry duty so that some serve during the first third of the night, some during the second third, and some during the final third.
And smashed the pitchers. And broke the pitchers which were in their hands.

They sounded the alarm. The signal to withdraw and flee.

Capture the waters which intervene between Aram and Canaanite territory.
And the Yardein which also intervened.

They brought to Gidon, across the Yardein. In the morning, when Gidon crossed the Yardein pursuing Zevach and Tzalmona.

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