Eikev 11:23 · unit 1

Parashas Eikev · Passuk 11:23

The Complete Passuk

וְהוֹרִ֧ישׁ יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶת־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֥ם הָאֵ֖לֶּה מִלִּפְנֵיכֶ֑ם וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם גּוֹיִ֔ם גְּדֹלִ֥ים וַעֲצֻמִ֖ים מִכֶּֽם׃

the ETERNAL will dislodge before you all these nations: you will dispossess nations greater and more numerous than you.

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah unit 1 of 1 on this passuk.

TT lemma: כל הגוים האלה.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כל הגוים האלה. אין לי אלא הגוים האלה, מניין לרבות מסייעיהם, ת"ל את כל הגוים. [ספרי]

English: I know only “these nations”; from where do we include those who assist them? It says, “all the nations.” [Sifrei]

On the daf / in context: Torah Temimah places this derasha on Devarim 11:23. The Core Text is the words of Chazal (as transmitted in the source named above).

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bavli sugya) — not a formal named middah of the 13

The Gemara uses this passuk in a sugya (proof, illustration, or dispute). Named as one of R' Yishmael’s 13 or R' Eliezer’s 32 only when that move is explicit.

What Is Learned

“All the nations” expands the driving-out beyond the seven; inheritance language stays tied to the Land’s own peoples.