Shelach 15:30 · unit 2 — megadef

Parashas Shelach · Aliyah 6 · Passuk 30

The Complete Passuk

וְהַנֶּ֜פֶשׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה ׀ בְּיָ֣ד רָמָ֗ה … אֶת־יְהֹוָ֖ה ה֣וּא מְגַדֵּ֑ף …

…he blasphemes Hashem…

Chabad.org — 15:30

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Issi ben Yehudah vs Chachamim on megadef.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״אֶת ה׳ הוּא מְגַדֵּף״ — אִיסִי בֶּן יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: כְּאָדָם הָאוֹמֵר לַחֲבֵרוֹ גָּרַפְתָּ הַקְּעָרָה וְחִסַּרְתָּ; וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים: לֹא בָּא הַכָּתוּב אֶלָּא לִתֵּן כָּרֵת לִמְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַשֵּׁם.

English: Our Rabbis taught: “He blasphemes Hashem” — Issi ben Yehudah says: like a person who says to his fellow, You have scraped the bowl and diminished it; and the Sages say: the verse comes only to assign kares to one who blesses the Name.

Type of Learning

Meaning of megadef.

What Is Learned

The Sages read megadef as actual blasphemy of the Name, which carries kares.