Balak 25:04 · unit 2 — and hang them
Parashas Balak · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 4 · TT unit 2
The Complete Passuk
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה קַ֚ח אֶת־כָּל־רָאשֵׁ֣י הָעָ֔ם וְהוֹקַ֥ע אוֹתָ֛ם לַיהֹוָ֖ה נֶ֣גֶד הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וְיָשֹׁ֛ב חֲר֥וֹן אַף־יְהֹוָ֖ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
And Hashem said to Moshe: Take all the heads of the people and hang them up to Hashem before the sun, that the fierce anger of Hashem may turn back from Israel.
Chabad.org — 25:4
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: Sanhedrin 34b — הוקעה means hanging.
Sefaria — Sanhedrin 34b
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
מַהוּ הוֹקָעָה? תְּלִיָּה, דִּכְתִיב ״וְהוֹקַעֲנוּם לַה׳ בְּגִבְעַת שָׁאוּל״.
English: What is hokaah ? Hanging, as it is written, “And we will hang them up to Hashem in Givas Shaul.”
Type of Learning Lexical definition from parallel biblical usage.
What Is Learned The rare verb is fixed as hanging by the parallel in Shmuel — the verse orders public suspension before the sun.
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