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Si tu me destines un tel sort, ah! Je te prie, fais-moi plutôt mourir, si j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux! Et que je n’aie plus cette misère en perspective!"
Faudra-t-il leur tuer brebis et bœufs, pour qu’ils en aient assez? Leur amasser tous les poissons de la mer, pour qu’ils en aient assez?"
Aliya 7
De Kibroth-Hattaava, le peuple partit pour Hacêroth, et il s’arrêta à Hacêroth.
Miqra according to the Masorah · Licence: CC BY-SA · Source
Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr] · Licence: Public Domain · Source
Nombres 11:15 dans toutes les traductions
English · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009
If this is the way You treat me, please kill me, if I have found favor in Your eyes; so that I will not see my evil.”
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English · The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein
And if thus [You will do to them (The L-rd showed Moses the calamity that He was going to bring upon them)], You are rendering me "at" [(a term for the feminine), Moses' strength waning as that of a woman]. Kill me, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your eyes, and let me not witness my [(a "euphemism" for "their")] evil.
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עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah
וְאִם־כָּ֣כָה ׀ אַתְּ־עֹ֣שֶׂה לִּ֗י הׇרְגֵ֤נִי נָא֙ הָרֹ֔ג אִם־מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וְאַל־אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּרָעָתִֽי׃ {פ}
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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)
And if Thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray Thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in Thy sight; and let me not look upon my wretchedness.’
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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra
וְאִם־כָּ֣כָה ׀ אַתְּ־עֹ֣שֶׂה לִּ֗י הָרְגֵ֤נִי נָא֙ הָרֹ֔ג אִם־מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וְאַל־אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּרָעָתִֽי׃ (פ)
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עברית · Tanach with Text Only
ואם ככה את עשה לי הרגני נא הרג אם מצאתי חן בעיניך ואל אראה ברעתי
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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud
וְאִם־כָּכָה אַתְּ־עֹשֶׂה לִּי הָרְגֵנִי נָא הָרֹג אִם־מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ וְאַל־אֶרְאֶה בְּרָעָתִי׃
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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]
און אױב דו טוסט אַזױ צו מיר, הרגען הרגע מיך, איך בעט דיך, אױב איך האָב געפֿונען לײַטזעליקײט אין דײַנע אױגן, און לאָמיך ניט זען מײַן אומגליק.
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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]
Si tu me destines un tel sort, ah! Je te prie, fais-moi plutôt mourir, si j’ai trouvé grâce à tes yeux! Et que je n’aie plus cette misère en perspective!"
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Polski · Bible in Polish, trans. Izaak Cylkow, 1841 - 1908 [pl]
A jeżeli już tak postępujesz ze mną, raczej mnie zabij, jeżelim znalazł łaskę w oczach Twoich, abym nie widział nieszczęścia mojego!"
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Deutsch · Die Heilige Schrift, trans. Dr. Simon Bernfeld, Berlin, 1902 - German [de]
Und wenn du also mir tun willst, bringe mich doch um, wenn ich Gnade finden in deinen Augen; dass ich nicht mein Unglück [fortwährend] ansehe.
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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]
Kaj se Vi tiel agas kun mi, tiam mortigu min, se mi plaĉas al Vi, por ke mi ne vidu mian malfeliĉon.
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Commentaires sur Nombres 11:15
Rashi
English
If this is the way You treat me. Moshe’s strength weakened like a female’s when the Holy One, Blessed is He, showed him the punishment He would visit upon them for this. He said before Him: ‘If so, kill me first.’
So that I will not see my evil. It should have written “their evil,” but Scripture euphemizes. This is one of the “scribes’ adjustments” to the Torah, for the sake of euphemistic language adjustment.
Rashi Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Targum Jonathan
English
But if Thou do this with me, to leave all the labour of them upon me, let me now die with the death in which the just have repose, if I have found mercy before Thee, that I may not see mine evil.
The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862 · Licence: Public Domain · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Ibn Ezra
עברית
את. לשון זכר ונקבה כמו לך גם בך ועמך ואתך ואתה לשון זכר לבדו:
הרגני. כמו המיתני זה עשה לי בצדקתך ובעבור פיוסי וזה טעם ואם מצאתי חן בעיניך:
ואל אראה. עוד ברעה שאני בה ואין צורך לתקון הסופרים:
On Your Way · Licence: Public Domain · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Ramban (Nachmanides)
English
AND IF ‘AT’ (THOU) DO THUS WITH ME. “[The Hebrew word for Thou appears here in the feminine form at, instead of atah in the masculine, because] Moses’ strength grew weak, like that of a woman, because the Holy One, blessed be He, showed him the punishment He was to bring upon them for this [sin of theirs]. Moses then said to Him, ‘If so, kill me, I pray Thee.’” This is Rashi’s language. But I do not understand this. For the pronoun at refers here to Him on high, [for since it is Moses who is speaking in the verse, his use of the second-person pronoun must be referring to G-d; so how can Rashi explain that the feminine form is used to indicate that Moses’ strength weakened like that of a woman]! But according to the plain meaning of Scripture, the custom of the [Hebrew] language is [to use the form at] even when referring to a man, such as, ‘at’ (thou) the far-covering cherub. refers to k’ruv (cherub), which is a masculine noun. And by way of the Truth, [the mystic teachings of the Cabala], And if ‘at’ do thus with me refers to the attribute of justice [“attribute” in Hebrew being feminine, and the meaning of the verse is: “if it be decreed that the attribute of justice encounter me, then kill me, I pray Thee], just as it is said, and the anger of the Eternal was kindled greatly. Similarly, ‘v’at’ shalt speak unto us is a reference to the great fire,, Verse 22. “Fire” can be feminine or masculine in Hebrew. from which you shall speak the words of G-d unto us, and we will hear it from your mouth, and do it. Similarly, ‘at’ the far-covering cherub refers to k’ruv (cherub), which is a masculine noun. alludes to the second cherub. The student versed [in the mystic lore of the Cabala] will understand.
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
Sforno
English
ואם ככה את עושה לי, If You in Your perfection decided not to provide me with assistants in order not to belittle me in the eyes of the people, and You want to continue to lead the people in the manner which You have done so far, הרגני נא הרוג אם מצאתי חן בעיניך, so that You will be free to appoint someone else, someone, or several, who are able to lead the people more perfectly. This is reminiscent of what the sages have said about the prophet Samuel who died before his time in order to enable the Kingdom of David to become reality sooner. (compare Tossaphot on Taanit 5)
ואל אראה ברעתי, the result of my inadequacy as a leader. If I had to witness this, this would be worse for me than dying at this time.
Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Da'at Zekenim
English
ואל אראה ברעתי, “so that I do not have to look at my wretchedness.” Moses prefers to die immediately instead of his fate remaining tied to theirs.
Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria