Proverbs 1:12 Commentary: Rashi

נִ֭בְלָעֵם כִּשְׁא֣וֹל חַיִּ֑ים וּ֝תְמִימִ֗ים כְּי֣וֹרְדֵי בֽוֹר׃

Let us swallow them up alive as the grave, and whole, as those that go down into the pit;

Rashi on Proverbs

let us swallow them up The innocent when they are alive.
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like the grave which swallows up the entire body.
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and the whole ones Heb. ותמימים. This is not an expression of righteous men, but an expression of whole ones. Let us swallow them up when they are whole, like a man who descends into a pit when he is whole; i.e., when they are still wealthy, let us slay them and inherit their property.
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