EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 23:20 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 23:20

The Complete Passuk

וַיָּ֨קָם הַשָּׂדֶ֜ה וְהַמְּעָרָ֧ה אֲשֶׁר־בּ֛וֹ לְאַבְרָהָ֖ם לַאֲחֻזַּת־קָ֑בֶר מֵאֵ֖ת בְּנֵי־חֵֽת׃

Thus the field with its cave passed from the children of Cheis to Avraham as a burial holding.

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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 השדה.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיָּקָם שְׂדֵה עֶפְרוֹן (בראשית כג, יז), דַּהֲוַת נְפִילָה וְקָמַת. דַּהֲוַת דְּבַר אֵינַשׁ זְעֵיר, וְאִתְעֲבִידַת לְבַר נָשׁ רַב. שְׂדֵה עֶפְרוֹן אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּכְפֵּלָה, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁנִּכְפְּלוּ בְּעֵינֵי כָּל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד, שֶׁכָּל מִי שֶׁהוּא קָבוּר בְּתוֹכָהּ, בָּטוּחַ שֶׁשְּׂכָרוֹ כָּפוּל וּמְכֻפָּל. אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּהוּ שֶׁכָּפַף הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קוֹמָתוֹ שֶׁל אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן וּקְבָרוֹ בְּתוֹכָהּ. (בראשית כג, יז): הַשָּׂדֶה וְהַמְּעָרָה אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ וגו', אָמַר רַבִּי מִנַּיִן תְּנֵינַן הַמּוֹכֵר אֶת שָׂדֵהוּ צָרִיךְ לִכְתֹּב אֶת שָׂדֵהוּ וְאֶת סִימָנֶיהָ, מֵהָכָא הַשָּׂדֶה וְהַמ…

English: It had been low and it rose. It had belonged to a small man, and it became the property of a great man.

On the daf / in context: The closing verse of the chapter restates the “rising” of the field: from the hand of a lesser person into the holding of Avraham as an everlasting burial possession.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (midrash) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the verb of rising is applied to the permanent change of status of the field and cave.

What Is Learned

The field and cave rose from ordinary ownership into Avraham’s permanent burial holding; what was once a lesser man’s property became the possession of a great man.