Shoftim 19:11 · unit 1

TT #217 · Parashas Shoftim · Fifth Aliyah · Passuk 19:11

The Complete Passuk

וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה אִישׁ֙ שֹׂנֵ֣א לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ וְאָ֤רַב לוֹ֙ וְקָ֣ם עָלָ֔יו וְהִכָּ֥הוּ נֶ֖פֶשׁ וָמֵ֑ת וְנָ֕ס אֶל־אַחַ֖ת הֶעָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽל׃

But if a man hates his fellow and lies in wait for him and rises against him and strikes him mortally and he dies, and he flees to one of these cities,

Chabad / Judaica Press

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Makkot 9a–b.

TT lemma: וְכִי יִהְיֶה אִישׁ שֹׂנֵא לְרֵעֵהוּ.

Sefaria — Makkot 9a–b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְכִי יִהְיֶה אִישׁ שֹׂנֵא לְרֵעֵהוּ – זֶה הַמֵּזִיד.

English: ‘But if a man hates his fellow’ – this is the intentional murderer.

On the daf / in context: The verse turns to the case of deliberate murder with prior hatred.

Type of Learning

Derash distinguishing the intentional case (Bavli) — prior hatred marks the act as deliberate.

What Is Learned

When the killer had prior hatred and lay in wait, the act is intentional murder and the city of refuge does not protect him.