comes in the tunnel

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comes in the tunnel

comes in the tunnel

Comes in secret or in hiding. Comes like a thief (originally referring to a thief who comes to steal or rob and might kill in order not to be caught. The first source of the expression is in Exodus 22:1: "If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him." The meaning of the word 'machteret' in the Torah is a tunnel dug under a house to break into it).

("One who comes in the tunnel is judged by what is likely to happen in the end. If he came in the tunnel and broke the barrel, if he has bloodguilt, he is liable.")

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בָּא בַּמַּחְתֶּרֶת

Definition (Hebrew)

בָּא בַּסֵּתֶר אוֹ בְּהֵחָבֵא. בָּא כְּגַנָּב (בַּמָּקוֹר הַכַּוָּנָה לַגַּנָּב הַבָּא לִגְנֹב אוֹ לִשְׁדֹּד וְהֶעָלוּל לִרְצֹחַ כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא לְהִתָּפֵס. מְקוֹרוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנִי שֶׁל הַבִּטּוּי בִּשְׁמוֹת כב א: "אִם בַּמַּחְתֶּרֶת יִמָּצֵא הַגַּנָּב וְהֻכָּה וָמֵת אֵין לוֹ דָּמִים". מַשְׁמָעוּת הַמִּלָּה 'מַחְתֶּרֶת' בַּתּוֹרָה הִנֵּה חֲפִירָה מִתַּחַת לְבַיִת כְּדֵי לִפְרֹץ אֵלָיו).

("הַבָּא בַּמַּחְתֶּרֶת נִדּוֹן עַל שָׁם סוֹפוֹ. הָיָה בָּא בַּמַּחְתֶּרֶת וְשָׁבַר אֶת הֶחָבִית אִם יֵשׁ לוֹ דָּמִים חַיָּב"-סַנְהֶדְרִין ח ו)

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