English of Core Text: R. Elazar said: “Damesek Eliezer” — [the name is read as] one who draws and gives others to drink from the Torah of his master.
On the daf / in context: The unusual word order (epithet before name) is the hook for the midrashic reading of Eliezer as a transmitter of Avraham’s teaching.
Type of Learning
Custom
What Is Learned
Eliezer is portrayed as the one who draws Torah from Avraham and waters others with it.