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Bamidbar 2:20 · unit 1 — and upon him the tribe of Menasheh

Parashas Bamidbar

The Complete Passuk

וְעָלָ֖יו מַטֵּ֣ה מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וְנָשִׂיא֙ לִבְנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה גַּמְלִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־פְּדָהצֽוּר׃

Next to it:The tribe of Manasseh.Chieftain of the Manassites: Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

Chabad.org — 2:20

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to TT (verified).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

ועליו מטה מנשה — מכאן דעליו בסמוך משמע.

English: “And upon him the tribe of Menasheh” — from here [we learn] that “upon him” means adjacent / next to him.

On the daf / in context: The preposition is not spatial “on top of” but “alongside”; the midrash uses the verse to fix the ordinary sense of the word.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

Chazal derive that “alav” here means in proximity, not literally upon.

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