EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 24:65 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 24:65

The Complete Passuk

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֶל־הָעֶ֗בֶד מִֽי־הָאִ֤ישׁ הַלָּזֶה֙ הַהֹלֵ֤ךְ בַּשָּׂדֶה֙ לִקְרָאתֵ֔נוּ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הָעֶ֖בֶד ה֣וּא אֲדֹנִ֑י וַתִּקַּ֥ח הַצָּעִ֖יף וַתִּתְכָּֽס׃

and said to the servant, “Who is that man walking in the field toward us?” And the servant said, “That is my master.” So she took her veil and covered herself.

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 24:65 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: ותתכס.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
ותתכס. לְשׁוֹן וַתִּתְפַּעֵל, כְּמוֹ וַתִּקָּבֵר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר:

English: The form is passive (she covered herself); it is like “and she was buried” and “and it was broken.”

On the daf / in context: Rivkah veils herself upon learning that the man is Yitzchak; the midrash notes the passive form of the covering.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the verbal form is fixed as reflexive/passive covering.

What Is Learned

When Rivkah learned that the man was Yitzchak she took the veil and covered herself; the covering is the modest response to the meeting with her intended.