Ki Seitzei 21:22 · unit 4

TT #91 · 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 46b / Sifrei.

Sefaria — Sanhedrin 46b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
עַל עֵץ – עֵץ אֶחָד, וְלֹא שְׁנַיִם.

English: “On a tree” — one tree, and not two.

On the daf / in context: The body is hung on a single wooden post or beam, not on a structure of multiple beams.

Type of Learning

Mi’ut from the singular “etz.”

What Is Learned

The body is hung on one wooden post, not on a multi-beamed structure.