Vayikra 5:1 · unit 8 · Shevuos 35b

Complete Passuk

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

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Shevuos 35b.

Sefaria — Shevuos 35b
E-Daf · Shevuos 35b

Core Text — Shevuos 35b

״אָלָה״ — אֵין ״אָלָה״ אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן שְׁבוּעָה, וְכֵן הוּא אוֹמֵר: ״וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ הַכֹּהֵן אֶת הָאִשָּׁה בִּשְׁבוּעַת הָאָלָה״.

“Alah” — “alah” is only language of an oath, and so it says “and the kohen shall adjure the woman with the oath of the alah.”

The verse’s “voice of an alah” is defined as an oath-form. The parallel language of the sotah procedure confirms that alah is the language of shevu’ah.

What Is Learned: The “voice of an alah” that triggers shevu’as ha-eidus is an oath-form. The verse’s language of alah is the language of shevu’ah, as confirmed by the parallel in the sotah procedure.