Parashas Masei · Passuk 35:21 · TT note 3
Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi
Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 84b (TT note on “הִכָּהוּ בְיָדוֹ וַיָּמֹת”).
E-Daf — Sanhedrin 84b · Sefaria
English: “He struck him with his hand and he died” — from here [we learn] that wherever a plain “striking” is mentioned, it does not [by itself] mean death.
Hermeneutic rule: unqualified “striking” does not imply lethal outcome.
The explicit “and he died” is required; a bare reference to striking does not automatically signify a capital act.