EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Toldos 26:20 · EXTRA

Parashas Toldos · Passuk 26:20

The Complete Passuk

וַיָּרִ֜יבוּ רֹעֵ֣י גְרָ֗ר עִם־רֹעֵ֥י יִצְחָ֛ק לֵאמֹ֖ר לָ֣נוּ הַמָּ֑יִם וַיִּקְרָ֤א שֵֽׁם־הַבְּאֵר֙ עֵ֔שֶׂק כִּ֥י הִֽתְעַשְּׂק֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃

The herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Yitzchak’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

Rashi on Bereishis 26:20 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: עשק.

Core Text

עִרְעוּר. כִּי הִתְעַשְּׂקוּ עִמּוֹ — נִתְעַסְּקוּ עִמּוֹ עָלֶיהָ בִּמְרִיבָה וְעִרְעוּר.

English: Dispute. “For they contended with him”—they engaged with him over it in strife and dispute.

On the daf / in context: The name Esek records the contention over the well; the root is fixed as quarrel.

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the well-name is an etymology of the strife.

The well was named Esek because the herdsmen of Gerar contended with Yitzchak’s herdsmen over the water.