EXTRA · Side-ring · Parashas Vayeitzei · Passuk 31:34
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Now Rachel had taken the terafim and put them in the camel’s saddle and sat upon them. Lavan felt all about the tent but did not find them.
Classical sources beyond the TT-numbered main ring: Rashi on 31:34.
Lemma: בכר הגמל.
English: “In the camel’s saddle” — the word is related to “pillows and bolsters”; it is the saddle-cushion made in the form of a bolster.
Derash / classical peirush — not a formal named middah of the 13. Precise lexical explanation of the hiding place.
Rachel concealed the terafim inside the camel’s saddle-cushion and sat upon them, rendering a thorough search of the tent ineffective.