EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 23:18 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 23:18

The Complete Passuk

לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְמִקְנָ֖ה לְעֵינֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֑ת בְּכֹ֖ל בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר־עִירֽוֹ׃

to Avraham as a possession before the eyes of the children of Cheis, of all who entered the gate of his city.

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 23:17 / Bereshit Rabbah 58:8 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: ויקם שדה עפרון.

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ויקם שדה עפרון. תְּקוּמָה הָיְתָה לוֹ, שֶׁיָּצָא מִיַּד הֶדְיוֹט לְיַד מֶלֶךְ; וּפְשׁוּטוֹ שֶׁל מִקְרָא וַיָּקָם הַשָּׂדֶה וְהַמְּעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ וְכָל הָעֵץ לְאַבְרָהָם לְמִקְנָה וגו':

English: It received a rise in importance, for it passed from the possession of a commoner into the possession of a king; and the plain sense is that the field and the cave and all the trees were established to Avraham as a purchase.

On the daf / in context: The verb “va-yakom” is double: the field “rose” in status when it entered Avraham’s hand, and the legal transfer was established in the presence of the people at the gate.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi / midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the root of “rising” is read both as legal establishment and as elevation of status.

What Is Learned

The field of Ephron rose in status when it passed into Avraham’s possession; what had been a commoner’s field became the holding of a king, established before all who entered the gate.