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Parachat Chayei Sara
Aliya 1
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Genèse 23:2 dans toutes les traductions
English · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009
Sarah died in Kiryas Arba, which is Chevron, in the land of Canaan. Avraham came to eulogize Sarah and to weep for her.
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English · The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein
And Sarah died in Kiryath Arbah [("the city of the four" — so called either because of the four giants who lived there, or because of the four pairs who are buried there — Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rivkah, Jacob and Leah)], which is Chevron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came [from Beersheva] to eulogize Sarah and to bewail her.
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עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah
וַתָּ֣מׇת שָׂרָ֗ה בְּקִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥וא חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיָּבֹא֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִסְפֹּ֥ד לְשָׂרָ֖ה וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ׃
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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)
And Sarah died in Kiriatharba—the same is Hebron—in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra
וַתָּ֣מָת שָׂרָ֗ה בְּקִרְיַ֥ת אַרְבַּ֛ע הִ֥וא חֶבְר֖וֹן בְּאֶ֣רֶץ כְּנָ֑עַן וַיָּבֹא֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם לִסְפֹּ֥ד לְשָׂרָ֖ה וְלִבְכֹּתָֽהּ׃
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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]
Sara mourut à Kiryath-Arba, qui est Hébron, dans le pays de Canaan; Abraham y vint pour dire sur Sara les paroles funèbres et pour la pleurer.
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Deutsch · Die fünf Bücher Moses, trans. Dr. J. Wohlgemuth, Rödelheim 1899 [de]
Und Sara starb zu Kirjath-Arba, dem heutigen Hebron, im Lande Kanaan; und Abraham ging hin und trauerte um Sara und beweinte sie.
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English · Modernized Tanakh - Based on JPS 1917, Edited by Adam Cohn
And Sarah died in Kiriatharba- also called Hebron - in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
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עברית · Tanach with Text Only
ותמת שרה בקרית ארבע הוא חברון בארץ כנען ויבא אברהם לספד לשרה ולבכתה
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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud
וַתָּמָת שָׂרָה בְּקִרְיַת אַרְבַּע הִוא חֶבְרוֹן בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנָעַן וַיָּבֹא אַבְרָהָם לִסְפֹּד לְשָׂרָה וְלִבְכֹּתָהּ׃
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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]
און שׂרה איז געשטאָרבן אין קִריַת-אַרבע, דאָס איז חֶברון, אין לאַנד כּנַעַן. און אבֿרהם איז געקומען צו קלאָגן אױף שׂרהן און זי צו באַװײנען.
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Deutsch · Der Pentateuch, übersetzt und erläutert von Samson Raphael Hirsch. Frankfurt am Main, 1867-1878 [de]
Da starb Sara in Kirjat Arba, das ist Chebron im Lande Kenaan, und Abraham zog sich zurück, um um Sara zu klagen und sie zu beweinen.
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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]
Kaj Sara mortis en Kirjat-Arba, kiu estas Ĥebron, en la lando Kanaana. Kaj Abraham venis, por funebri pri Sara kaj plori pri ŝi.
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Italiano · Il Pentateuco. Traduzione italiana di Samuel David Luzzatto, 1872 [it]
Sara morì in Kirjath-Arbà, ora Hhebròn, nel paese di Canaan; ed Abramo recassi (ivi) per far esequie a Sara e per piangerla.
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Polski · Bible in Polish, trans. Izaak Cylkow, 1841 - 1908 [pl]
I umarła Sara w Kirjat-Arba, to jest w Chebronie, w ziemi Kanaan. I przybył Abraham, by ubolewać nad Sarą, i by opłakiwać ją.
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Commentaires sur Genèse 23:2
Rashi
English
To mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. And Sarah's death relied on the Binding of Isaac, because the Binding which almost slaughter her son, but did not slaughter him, took her soul from her and she died.
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Targum Jonathan
English
And Sarah died in Kiryath Arba, which is Hebron. And Abraham came from the mountain of worship, and found that she was dead; and he sat to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862 · Licence: Public Domain · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Ibn Ezra
עברית
ארבע. שם אדם גדול בענקים. ולהיותו אברהם הוא על דרך דרש כי לא היה מהענקים וכאשר מתה שרה היה אברהם במקום אחר על כן אמר ויבא אברהם:
ולבכתה. לבכות עליה. וכן ובכתה את אביה:
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Ramban (Nachmanides)
English
AND ABRAHAM CAME. Rashi comments: “From Beer-sheba.” Now this does not mean to imply that Abraham remained in Beer-sheba — as is indicated in the verse, And Abraham abode at Beer-sheba, for how then would Sarah have been in Hebron? Rather, the intent is to state that Abraham had gone to Beer-sheba for the day for some purpose, and while there he heard of the death of Sarah and came from there to Hebron to mourn and weep for her. However, the expression of our Rabbis is, “And Abraham came — from Mount Moriah.” This is in accord with the Midrash which the Rabbi [Rashi] previously cited which states that hearing of the Binding [in which her son had been made ready for sacrifice and had indeed almost been sacrificed] her soul flew from her and she died.
It would appear that the Divine command concerning the Binding was delivered to Abraham in Beer-sheba for there he dwelt and he returned thereto after the Binding, for so it is written at the outset: And Abraham planted a tamarisk-tree in Beer-sheba and called there on the name of the Eternal, the Everlasting G-d. It further states, And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days., Verse 34. This refers to his dwelling in Beer-sheba, which is in the land of the Philistines, and it is there that he was commanded concerning the Binding. It is for this reason that he expended three days on the journey to Mount Moriah,, 22:4. for the land of the Philistines is distant from Jerusalem. On the other hand, Hebron is in the mountains of Judah, as Scripture testifies, and is therefore near to Jerusalem. Thus, when coming from the Binding, he returned to Beer-sheba, as it is said, So Abraham returned to his lads and they rose and went together to Beer-sheba. This teaches us that he tarried there and dwelled in Beer-sheba for a period of years. Now if this was the case, Sarah did not die during that period immediately following the Binding for it would not be that Abraham lived in Beer-sheba while Sarah dwelt in Hebron. And so it also appears since Isaac was born in Beer-sheba for it is previously written, And Abraham journeyed from there towards the land of the south and abode between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar,, 20:1. and Abimelech said to him, Behold, my land is before thee; abide where it is good in thine eyes., Verse 15. There in that land Abraham settled in the city of Beer-sheba, for so it is written, And it came to …
Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976 · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Rashbam
English
בקרית ארבע, the name of the person who founded or owned this town was Arba. We know this from Joshua 15,13 where he is described as the father of a giant. The reference to a town by mentioning an outstanding citizen is familiar to us from Numbers 21,27-29 where the capital of the Emorites is described as קרית סיחון, the city of Sichon.
ויבא אברהם, even if he did not arrive from out of town it is perfectly in order to describe his arrival in order to mourn Sarah by the words ויבא אברהם. [Clearly, the author considers Avraham as having lived uninterruptedly in Beer Sheva ever since were told this in 22,19. Ed.]
Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Sforno
English
ותמת שרה, after Rivkah, who had been destined to become Sarah’s replacement on earth, had been born. According to Yuma 38 that a righteous person does not die until a replacement has been born for him. Avraham was aware of that, so that he knew that when Sarah died, Yitzchok’s future wife was already alive. Such concepts are based on Solomon saying in Kohelet 1,5 וזרח השמש ובא השמש, “the sun shines and the sun sets.”
לספוד לשרה, on Sarah’s account, in her honour, and to weep for her. This corresponds to the view expressed in Sanhedrin 46 that eulogies are in honour of the deceased, as opposed to being intended to honour the survivors.
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Radak (David Kimhi)
English
ותמת שרה בקרית ארבע, this is where Avraham and Sarah resided after they had left Beer Sheva.
בקרית ארבע, Arba was the name of a man whose was known by this “nickname” as he had three sons, and they, just as he himself were giants, so that there were four giants. Compare Joshua 21,11. His three sons were called ששי,חימן, תלמי.
ויבא אברהם, he came from outside the house as he had not been present when Sarah died.. Alternately, he had been out of town at the time when Sarah died.
לספד, to eulogise her with words and elegies.
ולבכותה, and to weep for her. These two verbs are used on occasion without the prepositions אל and על as for instance in Psalms 69,11 ואבכה בצום נפשי, “when I wept and fasted;” the meaning of the prefix ב in front of צום is equivalent to the preposition על, “I fasted on account of the threat to my soul.” Compare also Genesis 36,35 ויבך אותו אביו, “his father wept for him.”
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Saadia Gaon
עברית
וקרא לחברון קרית ארבע על שם ארבעה דברים. א. וזה פשוטו, הוא שם מקום, או שם איש. ב. מפני שארבעה גיבורים ישבו שם: ענק ושלושת בניו, ככ': "ושם אחימן ששי ותלמי ילידי הענק"; ג. מפני שעתידה היא ליפול בחלקם של ארבעה, דהיינו לשבט יהודה בכללה, וללויים, בערי המגרש, לכהנים, בערי מקלט, ושדותיה לכלב בן יפונה; ד. מפני שייקברו בה ארבעה זוגות של צדיקים, בדיוק: אברהם ושרה, יצחק ורבקה, יעקב ולאה, לפי הכתוב, ואדם וחוה, לפי המסורת.
לספד לשרה ולבכתה, זהו חלק מהדברים שחייב אדם לעשות על מתו, בשיעורים שונים: הספד יום אחד, ג' ימים לבכי, ולאבל ז' ימים, ולענין כבוס בגדים ותספורת, שלושים יום. ולהכנס לשמחה, על אב ואם, שנה. ותרגמתי פני חט'רה, כי מלה זו נאמרת על ששה אופנים: פני, כעס, ככ': "לא אפול פני בכם", פנים ממש, ככ' ראי פני המלך; פני, כיוון ככ': וישם פניו לאיים; פני, רצון, "ואור פניך כי רציתם"; פני, מול, ככ': "ויחן את פני העיר". ומה שפתח אברהם ואמר: גר ותושב, מלמד שלכל משפחה היה בית קברות, ולפיכך אמר: היות ואני זר אין לי ביניכם משפחה ידועה ואני צריך לאחוזת קבר. ומה שנשא ונתן לאחר שקם מעל פני מתו הוא בהתאם למה שהגיע אלינו בהלכה שמי שמתו מוטל לפניו אין מקחו מקח וממכרו ממכר, וכן אינו רשאי להתפלל כשמתו לפניו, מפני שלבו טרוד בו.
Saadya's Commentary on Genesis, New York, 1984 · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Da'at Zekenim
English
בקרית ארבע, “in the town or village known as the city of the “four.” The word ארבע is the name of the person after whom the town was named as is stated in Joshua 14,15: קרית ארבע האדם הגדול בענקים, “the town of Arba, the great man among the Anakites.”
Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria