Vayikra 5:1 · unit 19 · Sanhedrin 30b

Complete Passuk

וְנֶפֶשׁ כִּי־תֶחֱטָא וְשָׁמְעָה קוֹל אָלָה וְהוּא עֵד אוֹ רָאָה אוֹ יָדָע אִם־לוֹא יַגִּיד וְנָשָׂא עֲוֺנוֹ׃

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sanhedrin 30b.

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 30b
E-Daf · Sanhedrin 30b

Core Text — Sanhedrin 30b

וְהָכָא בְּאַקּוֹשֵׁי הַגָּדָה לִרְאִיָּה קָא מִיפַּלְגִי. מָר סָבַר: מַקְּשִׁינַן הַגָּדָה לִרְאִיָּה, וּמָר סָבַר: לָא מַקְּשִׁינַן.

And here they disagree about comparing the telling to the seeing. One master holds we compare telling to seeing; the other holds we do not.

The dispute turns on whether the verse’s linkage of “saw” and “tell” requires that the act of telling match the act of seeing in the same joint fashion. The hekesh (or its refusal) determines the scope of formal testimony under the verse.

What Is Learned: The verse joins “or he saw or he knew” with “if he does not tell.” The dispute is whether that linkage creates a formal requirement that the telling match the seeing. The outcome affects when a witness is considered to have fulfilled (or failed) the obligation of the verse.