And as the dawn rose the angels urged Lot, saying, “Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are found, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
English: “And as the dawn rose.” Rabbah bar bar Chanah said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan: From the break of dawn until sunrise a person can walk five mil. As it is written, “And as the dawn rose the angels urged Lot…,” and it is written, “The sun rose upon the earth and Lot came to Tzoar.” And Rabbi Chanina said, “I myself saw that place, and it is five mil.”
On the daf / in context: The time between dawn and sunrise is measured by the distance Lot covered from Sedom to Tzoar, fixed at five mil.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Narrative timing yields a practical measure of distance and time.
What Is Learned
From dawn until sunrise a person can walk five mil; the distance from Sedom to Tzoar, covered between those two moments, establishes the measure.