What is the meaning of "Yarkiveihu al Bamasei Aretz"?
Rashi (citing Targum Onkelos) and Seforno: It means that Hashem settled them in the high places of the land 1 - in Eretz Yisrael. 2
Targum Yonasan: It means that Hashem settled them in the cities of Eretz Yisrael.
Rosh: It means that hashem will enable them to tread on the necks of their kings. 3
Yalkut Shimoni: "Yarkiveihu al Bamasei Aretz" refers to the Beis-Hamikdash 4 and "vayochal Tenuvos Sadai", to the baskets of Bikurim.
Rashi: Because Eretz Yisrael is higher than all other countries (both physically and spiritually, as in Yechezkel, 20:6 - Seforno). It is the land which all the nations of the world look up to and taalk about constantly. See Oznayim la'Torah.
Seforno: He did this after failing to attain His goal at Matan Torah - Refer to 32:5:2:4 - So He tried again to enable them to reach perfection by giving them a land in which to keep His statutes.
Rosh: As the Torah writes in ve'Zos Hab'rachah, 33:29 "ve'Atah al Bamoseimo Sidroch". Refer to 33:29:5:1.
See Torah Temimah, note 56.
What are "Tenuvos Sadai"?
Rashi: They refer to the fruits of Eretz Yisrael 1 .
Targum Onkelos: They are 'the spoils of their enemies'. 2
Targum Yonasan: They are the delicacies of the produce of the field.
Seforno: It refers to produce that Yisrael did not work for, but which they found ready to harvest when they entered Eretz Cana'an.
Yalkut Shimoni: Refer to 32:13:1:4.
What are the connotations of "D'vash mi'Sela"?
Rashi: It is the honey of figs 1 .
Targum Onkelos: It is the booty of the rulers of towns.
Targum Yonasan: It is honey from fruits that grow on the rocks.
Da'as Zekenim and Hadar Zekenim: It refers to honey which the bees produce in clefts in rocks, and to the honey of dates that grow on rocks. 2
Tosefta Shabbos, Perek 9: "Vayenikeihu D'vash mi'Sela" teaches us that honey is considered a liquid (to render food Muchshar Lekabeil Tum'ah). 3
Yalkut Shimoni: "Vayeinikeihu D'vash mi'Sela ve'Shemen" refers to the Niskei Shemen.
Rashi: Like the story of the man in Sichnin, who instructed his son to fetch some fresh figs from the barrel. When he informed his father that all he found was honey, his father told him to put his hand inside the barrel and he would find figs.
Even though normally, dates, which require a lot of water, only grow in valleys. See Oznayim la'Torah.
See Torah Temimah, note 48.
What is "ve'Shemen me'Chalmish Tzur" referring to?
Rashi: They are the olives of Gush Chalav.
Targum Onkelos: It refers to the property of the inhabitants of fortified cities.
Targum Yonasan, Da'as Zekenim and Hadar Zekenim: It refers to oil from olives that grow from the hard rocks (which are better than olives that grow in the valley, since the sun always shines on them, and sweetens them - Da'as Zekenim and Hadar Zekenim). 1
Yalkut Shim'oni: Refer to 32:13:3:6.
Da'as Zekenim and Hadar Zekenim: As the Pasuk writes in Vezos Haberachah, 33:14 "u'mi'Meged Tevu'os Shamesh".
