1)

What is the meaning of "Harari"?

1.

Rashi: He was from the mountain (Targum Yonasan - Har Tura'ah).

2)

Why does it say "la'Chayah"?

1.

Rashi: [They gathered] to a troop, like wild animals.

2.

Radak: It is an open city without a wall. This was in Efes 1 Damim (Divrei ha'Yamim I, 11:13).


1

There, the verse says Pas Damim. In Shmuel I, 17:1, it says Pelishtim camped in Efes Damim when Galyus taunted Yisrael. Rashi in Divrei ha'Yamim says that they are the same.

3)

Why does it say in Divrei ha'Yamim I, 11:13 that the field was of barley?

1.

(Rav Huna) Bava Kama 60b: There were stacks of barley and of lentils. Radak - the field was already harvested. The stack of barley and lentils were from other fields. In each place, the verse mentions one of them.

2.

Radak (16, citing Bava Kama 60b): There were stacks of barley of Yisrael, and stacks of lentils of Pelishtim.

3.

Radak (16, citing Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 12b): This occurred in one year. One field was full of barley, and another field was full of lentils.

4.

Radak (16, citing Yerushalmi Sanhedrin 12b): This occurred in two years. In one year, the field was full of barley. In the other year, it was full of lentils.

5.

Malbim: Elazar was in the barley field, and Shamah was in the lentil field.

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