Vayikra 5:4 · unit 2

Parashas Vayikra · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 5:4 · Unit 2 of 14

Complete Passuk

אוֹ נֶפֶשׁ כִּי תִשָּׁבַע לְבַטֵּא בִשְׂפָתַיִם לְהָרַע אוֹ לְהֵיטִיב לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יְבַטֵּא הָאָדָם בִּשְׁבֻעָה וְנֶעְלַם מִמֶּנּוּ וְהוּא־יָדַע וְאָשֵׁם לְאַחַת מֵאֵלֶּה׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Shevuos 20a.

Sefaria — Shevuos 20a
E-Daf · Shevuos 20a

Core Text — Shevuos 20a
מִבְטָא — שְׁבוּעָה, דִּכְתִיב ״אוֹ נֶפֶשׁ כִּי תִשָּׁבַע לְבַטֵּא בִשְׂפָתַיִם״.

“Mivta” means an oath, as it is written “or a soul when it swears to express with the lips (sifasayim).”

The verse’s phrase “levatei bisifasayim” is the technical designation for the articulated oath that triggers the oleh ve-yored of shevu’as bitui.

Type of Learning: Definition of “levatei” as the verbal expression of a shevu’ah with the lips (sifasayim).
What Is Learned: The term “levatei bisifasayim” is the technical designation for the articulated oath that triggers the oleh ve-yored of shevu’as bitui. The verse supplies the definition of mivta as shevuah expressed with the lips.