טו ואתם אי אתם כן כו' וכל כך למה מפני שהשם וכל כינויו
15 Raba expounded: As a reward for the four tears which Orpah dropped upon her mother-in-law, she merited that four mighty warriors should issue from her; as it is said: And they lifted up their voice and wept again.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 'Again' denotes that they wept twice, and a tear dropped from each eye on each occasion. ');"><sup>22</sup></span> The text further has hez [the arrow] of his spear but we read 'ez [the staff] of his spear!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In I Sam. XVII, 7. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> — R. Eleazar said: [It indicates that] we have not reached half [hazi] the praise of that wicked man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Scripture has not described in full the prowess of Goliath. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> Hence [it is learnt] that it is forbidden to recount the praise of the wicked. Then [Scripture] should not have begun to recount it at all! — [The object] is to proclaim the praise of David [who conquered such a giant]. THE AMMONITES CAME [RELYING] UPON THE MIGHT OF SHOBACH etc. [The name] is written Shobach and also Shofach!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. II Sam. X, 16 and I Chron. XIX, 16. ');"><sup>25</sup></span> — Rab and Samuel [differ in their interpretation]. One said that his name was Shofach; and why was he called Shobach? Because he was made like a dove-cote [shobak].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He was excessively tall. ');"><sup>26</sup></span> The other said that his name was Shobach; and why was he called Shofach? Because whoever beheld him was [through terror] poured out [nishpak] before him like a ewer. Their quiver ['ashpah] is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Jer. V, 16. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> Rab and Samuel [differ in their interpretation]; another version is, R. Ammi and R. Assi [differ in their interpretation]. One said: At the time when they shot an arrow they made heaps upon heaps [ashpatoth] of slain; and should you say that this was only because they were only skilled in fighting, there is a text to state, They are all mighty men.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So it was due to their extraordinary strength. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> The other said: At the time when they relieved themselves they made heaps and heaps of excrement; and should you say that this was due to disorder of the bowels, there is a text to state, They are all mighty men.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As giants they ate abnormal quantities of food. ');"><sup>29</sup></span> R. Mari said: Infer from this that whoever has excessive excrement suffers from disorder of the bowels. What is the practical purpose of this? — He should take steps [to cure himself]. Heaviness in the heart of a man maketh it stoop [yashhennah].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. XII, 25. ');"><sup>30</sup></span> — R. Ammi and R. Assi [differ in their interpretation]. One said, [The last word means], let him dismiss it [yissehennah] from his mind; the other said, [it means], let him talk of it [yesihenah] with others. BUT WITH YOU IT IS OTHERWISE etc. Why all this?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., 'For the Lord your God etc.' and not simply, Your God is with you. ');"><sup>31</sup></span> Because the Name<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Tetragrammaton. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> and all His substituted names