Ki Seitzei 21:22 · unit 2

TT #89 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Second aliya · Passuk 21:22

The Complete Passuk

וְכִֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה בְאִ֗ישׁ חֵ֛טְא מִשְׁפַּט־מָ֖וֶת וְהוּמָ֑ת וְתָלִ֥יתָ אֹת֖וֹ עַל־עֵֽץ׃

And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,

Chabad.org — 21:22

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sanhedrin 45b.

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 45b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְהוּמָת – מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמְּמִיתִין אוֹתוֹ תְּחִלָּה וְאַחַר כָּךְ תּוֹלִין.

English: “And he is put to death” — this teaches that they put him to death first and afterward hang him.

On the daf / in context: Hanging is not the method of execution itself. The court first carries out the death sentence (stoning in the relevant cases) and then hangs the body briefly.

Type of Learning

Derash on the sequence “ve-humat ve-talita.”

What Is Learned

The condemned is first executed; only afterward is the body hung.