Toldos 26:21 · EXTRA
Parashas Toldos · Passuk 26:21
The Complete Passuk
וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ גַּם־עָלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמָ֖הּ שִׂטְנָֽה׃
They dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he named it Sitnah.
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Source Citation
Rashi on Bereishis 26:21 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).
Lemma / focus: שטנה.
Sefaria
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
שִׂטְנָה — לְשׁוֹן נֶזֶק וּמִכְשׁוֹל.
English: Sitnah — language of harm and hindrance.
On the daf / in context: The second contested well is named for hostility; the root marks ongoing opposition.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: the name is fixed as “hindrance.”
What Is Learned
The second well was named Sitnah because they contested it as well—hostility and hindrance.