Derasha on Bamidbar 35:21 · TT unit 1

Parashas Masei · Passuk 35:21 · TT note 1

The Complete Passuk

א֣וֹ בְאֵיבָ֞ה הִכָּ֤הוּ בְיָדוֹ֙ וַיָּמֹ֔ת מֽוֹת־יוּמַ֥ת הַמַּכֶּ֖ה רֹצֵ֣חַֽ ה֑וּא גֹּאֵ֣ל הַדָּ֗ם יָמִ֛ית אֶת־הָרֹצֵ֖חַ בְּפִגְעוֹ־בֽוֹ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 76b (TT note on “אוֹ בְאֵיבָה”).

E-Daf — Sanhedrin 76b · Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sanhedrin 76b
אוֹ בְאֵיבָה — כָּבַשׁ עָלָיו לְתוֹךְ הַמַּיִם אוֹ לְתוֹךְ הָאוּר וְאֵינוֹ יָכוֹל לַעֲלוֹת מִשָּׁם וּמֵת חַיָּב, דַּאֲמַר קְרָא אוֹ בְאֵיבָה — לְרַבּוֹת אֶת הַמְצַמְצֵם.

English: “Or in enmity” — if he pressed him into water or into fire so that he could not escape and he died, he is liable; for the verse says “or in enmity” — to include one who confines [the victim].

Type of Learning

Inclusion of confinement-to-death under intentional murder.

What Is Learned

Forcing a person into fire or water from which he cannot escape is capital murder under the term “in enmity.”