1)

What is the meaning of "va'Yashbes"?

1.

Metzudas Tziyon: He nullified [that they would not be used for this any more].

2)

What had they done with the horses?

1.

Rashi: Those who bowed to the sun had horses prepared to go to greet the sun in the morning.

3)

What is "Nesan Melech"?

1.

Rashi: It is the name [of the chamber].

2.

Radak: He was appointed over the Migrashim (open areas outside cities).

4)

What is the meaning of "Seris"?

1.

Radak citing Targum Yonasan: It is a eunuch. Refer to 8:6:2:1-2.

5)

What are "Parvaim"?

1.

Radak: They are Migrashim (open areas) outside cities. The Targum of "Yir'ashu Migroshos" (Yechezkel 27:28) is Yezu'un Parvaraya. Chazal said 'Bavel and all its Parvarha' (Kesuvos 54a)

6)

What are "Markevos ha'Shemesh"?

1.

Radak, Malbim: They are chariots of horses in which they would go to greet the sun.

QUESTIONS ON RASHI

7)

Rashi writes that the horses were to go to greet the sun in the morning. Why did they need to go? One can bow to it wherever he is!

1.

Radak: They would go to the entrance of Beis Hashem (Targum Yonasan), to Lishkas Nesan Melech, to greet it at sunrise 1 .


1

Perhaps this was the place from which sunrise could be seen. I.e. it was virtually the highest place in Yerushalayim, and the walls of Beis Hashem did not block the sun. (PF) Malbim - the chamber was in the east, for "their backs faced the Heichal, and they faced east" (Yechezkel 8:16).

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