Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 135:4

מאי יצא לאו יצא מכלל זב ובא לכלל טמא מת דהא טמא מת חמור ממנו ומותר במחנה לויה

AND THE CLEANSING [MIHUY] OF ITS BOWELS. What is THE CLEANSING OF ITS BOWELS? - R. Huna said: [It means] that we pierce them with a knife. Hiyya b. Rab said: [It means the removal of] the viscous substance of the bowels, which comes out through the pressure of the knife. R. Eleazar observed, What is Hiyya b. Rab's reason? Because it is written, and the waste places of the fat ones [mehim] shall wanderers eat. How does this imply it? - As R. Joseph translated: and the estates of the wicked shall the righteous inherit. <br>

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