Chayei Sarah 24:20 · EXTRA
Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:20
The Complete Passuk
וַתְּמַהֵ֗ר וַתְּעַ֤ר כַּדָּהּ֙ אֶל־הַשֹּׁ֔קֶת וַתָּ֥רׇץ ע֛וֹד אֶֽל־הַבְּאֵ֖ר לִשְׁאֹ֑ב וַתִּשְׁאַ֖ב לְכׇל־גְּמַלָּֽיו׃
Quickly emptying her jar into the trough, she ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels.
Chabad / Judaica Press
Source Citation
Rashi on Bereishis 24:20 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).
Lemma / focus: ותער.
Sefaria
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
ותער. לְשׁוֹן נְפִיצָה, וְהַרְבֵּה יֵשׁ בִּלְשׁוֹן מִשְׁנָה הַמְעָרֶה מִכְּלִי אֶל כֶּלִי, וּבַמִּקְרָא יֵשׁ לוֹ דּוֹמֶה אַל תְּעַר נַפְשִׁי (תהילים קמא), אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱרָה לַמָּוֶת נַפְשׁוֹ (ישעיהו נ"ג): השקת. אֶבֶן חֲלוּלָה שֶׁשּׁוֹתִים בָּה הַגְּמַלִּים:
English: It means pouring out; the verb appears often in Mishnaic Hebrew for one who pours from vessel to vessel.
On the daf / in context: The energetic emptying and repeated running complete the practical demonstration of the kindness Eliezer had prayed to see.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the verb is fixed by Mishnaic usage as pouring out.
What Is Learned
Rivkah emptied the jar into the trough and ran again to draw for all the camels; the full sign is carried out with haste and completeness.