1)

What is "Ba'al Peratzim"?

1.

Rashi citing Targum Yonasan: It is the plain called Peratzim. Radak - he similarly translated "Ba'al Gad" (Yehoshua 11:17) as the plain called Gad.

2)

The Pelishtim were in Emek Refa'im (verse 18). Why did David strike them in Ba'al Peratzim?

1.

Radak (19): They were in Ba'al Peratzim; since there were so many, they spread until Emek Refa'im.

3)

Why did he attribute it to Hashem?

1.

Radak: I had few men with me, and I struck such a multitude! Surely Hashem struck them in front of me.

4)

What is "k'Feretz Mayim"?

1.

Rashi: It is like water that breaches (overflows) the banks.

2.

Radak citing Targum Yonasan: Like breaking an earthenware Kli full of water.

3.

Radak: It is like a flood of water breaches a fence.

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