Haazinu 32:39

Parashas Haazinu · Passuk from filename

The Complete Passuk

אֲנִי אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה מָחַצְתִּי וַאֲנִי אֶרְפָּא

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Source Citation

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תָּנוּ רַבָּנָן, אֲנִי אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה – יָכוֹל מִיתָה בְּאֶחָד וְחַיִּים בְּאֶחָד כְּדֶרֶךְ שֶׁהָעוֹלָם נוֹהֵג? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר מָחַצְתִּי וַאֲנִי אֶרְפָּא, מַה מַכָּה וּרְפוּאָה בְּאֶחָד אַף מִיתָה וְחַיִּים בְּאֶחָד, מִכָּאן תְּשׁוּבָה לְאוֹמְרִים אֵין תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים מִן הַתּוֹרָה

English: The Sages taught: “I kill and I make alive” — one might think death for one person and life for another, as the world normally operates. Therefore the verse says “I have wounded and I heal”: just as wounding and healing are in the same person, so death and life are in the same person. From here is the answer to those who say there is no resurrection of the dead from the Torah.

The classical source expands or derives a specific point from the language of the passuk. The Core Text above is the relevant region of interest.

Type of Learning

Custom (A decisive scriptural proof for the resurrection of the dead.)

What Is Learned

The parallel structure of the verse rules out the ordinary pattern of one person dying while another is born. The same individual is the subject of both death and life, establishing the doctrine of resurrection directly from the Written Torah.