Commentary for Sotah 90:9
הא קא משמע לן כדתניא מנין שאם נמצא סמוך לעיר שאין בה ב"ד שמניחין אותה ומודדין לעיר שיש בה בית דין ת"ל (דברים כא, ג) ולקחו זקני העיר ההיא מכל מקום
[Yes:] consequently [you must agree that] 'slain' indicates one who is not strangled; similarly 'in the earth' indicates one who is not hidden in a heap of stones, 'lying' one who is not hanging on a tree, 'in the earth' one who is not floating upon the surface of the water! [How does] R. Eleazar [meet this argument]? — The word 'slain' is written redundantly.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It occurs four times in Deut. XXI, 1-9; emphasing that he must be 'slain' and not 'strangled'. ');"><sup>8</sup></span>
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