Toldos 27:36 · EXTRA
Parashas Toldos · Passuk 27:36
The Complete Passuk
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר הֲכִי֩ קָרָ֨א שְׁמ֜וֹ יַעֲקֹ֗ב וַֽיַּעְקְבֵ֙נִי֙ זֶ֣ה פַעֲמַ֔יִם אֶת־בְּכֹרָתִ֣י לָקָ֔ח וְהִנֵּ֥ה עַתָּ֖ה לָקַ֣ח בִּרְכָתִ֑י וַיֹּאמַ֕ר הֲלֹא־אָצַ֥לְתָּ לִּ֖י בְּרָכָֽה׃
[Esau] said, “Was he, then, named Jacob that he might supplantbsupplant Heb. ʻaqab, connected with “Jacob.” me these two times? First he took away my birthright
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Source Citation
Rashi on Bereishis 27:36 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).
Lemma / focus: הכי קרא שמו .
Sefaria
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
לְשׁוֹן תְּמִיהָה הוּא… שֶׁמָּא לְכָךְ נִקְרָא שְׁמוֹ יַעֲקֹב עַל שֵׁם סוֹפוֹ שֶׁהוּא עָתִיד לְעָקְבֵנִי.
English: It is a question… perhaps he was named Yaakov for the end, that he would eventually overreach me.
On the daf / in context: Esav links the name Yaakov to the two acts of overreaching: birthright and blessing.
Type of Learning Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13.
What Is Learned Esav asked in wonder whether Yaakov was named for this end—that he would overreach him twice.
Source pointed to by classical Chazal. Only Chazal’s words and what they derived are presented. Ashkenazi transliteration.