זֵיתִ֛ים יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֖ בְּכָל־גְּבוּלֶ֑ךָ וְשֶׁ֙מֶן֙ לֹ֣א תָס֔וּךְ כִּ֥י יִשַּׁ֖ל זֵיתֶֽךָ׃
Tu posséderas des oliviers sur tout ton territoire; mais tu ne te parfumeras pas de leur huile, car tes oliviers couleront.
Jerusalem Talmud Makkot
HALAKHAH: “If the iron slipped off the handle,” etc. What is Rebbi’s reason? It is said here11In Deut. 19:5: וְנָשַׁ֤ל הַבַּרְזֶל֙ מִן־הָעֵ֔ץ the iron was lost from the wood. The wood might either be the handle or the tree to be felled. Cf. Arabic نسل “to beget, procreate; to pluck; to unravel, untwist, fray; to molt; to fall out” (1st conjugation). getting lost and it says there12Deut. 17:40. נשר is Mishnaic Hebrew for all material shed by a plant., for your olives will fall off. Since getting lost there means falling off, here also it means falling off. What is the rabbis’ reason? It is said here getting lost and it says there13Deut. 7:22., the Eternal, your God, will eliminate these peoples before you. Since getting lost there means taking a hit, here also taking a hit.