EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Toldos 25:30 · EXTRA

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 25:30

The Complete Passuk

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר עֵשָׂ֜ו אֶֽל־יַעֲקֹ֗ב הַלְעִיטֵ֤נִי נָא֙ מִן־הָאָדֹ֤ם הָאָדֹם֙ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֥י עָיֵ֖ף אָנֹ֑כִי עַל־כֵּ֥ן קָרָֽא־שְׁמ֖וֹ אֱדֽוֹם׃

And Esav said to Yaakov, “Give me some of that red stuff to gulp down, for I am exhausted”—which is why he was called Edom.

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 25:30 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: הלעיטני.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֶפְתַּח פִּי וְשִׁפֹּךְ הַרְבֵּה לְתוֹכָהּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁשָּׁנִינוּ אֵין אוֹבְסִין אֶת הַגָּמָל אֲבָל מַלְעִיטִין אוֹתוֹ.

English: I will open my mouth and you pour a great deal into it—as we learned: one does not force-feed a camel, but one may pour food into its mouth.

On the daf / in context: Esav’s request uses the language of animal feeding; the midrash marks the coarseness of the demand that names him Edom.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi / mishnaic usage) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the rare verb is fixed by its mishnaic sense of pouring food into an animal’s mouth.

What Is Learned

Esav asked to have the red stew poured into his open mouth like an animal; from that red stuff he was called Edom.