Mesorat%20hashas for Yevamot 5:3

אתיא (ויקרא יח, יז) זמה (ויקרא כ, יד) זמה

and zimmah<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] ('lewdness' or 'wickedness'), ibid. where the penalty of burning is not mentioned. ');">⁷</span> is derived from zimmah'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XX, 14 where the penalty of burning with fire is explicitly stated. Thus it is shown that the very foundation of the prohibition of sexual intercourse with a daughter from an outraged woman, as well as the death penalty of burning which the crime involves, are entirely dependent on inferences arrived at by exposition, v. Sanh. 51a. ');">⁸</span> Now that it has been stated that preference is given to whatever is arrived at by exposition, the Tanna should have placed<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'let him teach'. ');">⁹</span>

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