מראה־מקום אויף שמואל א 1:16

The statement of Hannah to Eli (Sam. I., 1:16), “Esteem not thy handmaid as a daughter of Belial,” he compared to the “Bnei Belial” mentioned elsewhere in the Bible, and he concluded that “the prayer of a drunken man may be compared to idol worshipping”³⁴⁾ברכות ל״א א׳. Another example of his method of interpretation is found in his declaration that there can be no other punishment for a man who lifts his hand against neighbor except being buried. This he based on the verse that the earth belonged to men of strong arms.³⁵⁾סנהדרין נ״ח ב׳.