Have you killed, and also taken possession?!

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Have you killed, and also taken possession?!

Have you killed, and also taken possession?!

In response: Is it your intention to inherit the property of the man you killed?!, the phrase begins as a rhetorical question, like that of a man who commits a sin (as in, murder) and then seeks to derive benefit from it (as in, receiving the inheritance of the murdered person). The phrase is similar to the judicial generalization: "A wicked woman will not flourish without a husband."

("And you spoke to him, saying, Thus says the Lord, Have you killed and also inherited?! And you spoke to him, saying, Thus says the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood also" - 1 Kings 21:19 (The Lord to Ahab king of Israel through Elijah after he had killed Naboth the Jezreelite and inherited his vineyard), and so: "I am still Peace. What, did you murder and also inherit? I heard Begin speak in the Zionist village saying unkind things about Ben-Gurion" - A. Amir/ Love of Saul, 302)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הֲרָצַחְתָּ וְגַם יָרָשְׁתָּ?!

Definition (Hebrew)

בִּתְמִיהָה: הַאִם בְּכַוָּנָתְךָ לָרֶשֶׁת אֶת רְכוּשׁוֹ שֶׁל הָאָדָם שֶׁאַתָּה רָצַחְתָּ?!, פִּתְגָּם הַנֶּאֱמָר כִּשְׁאֵלָה רֵטוֹרִית כְּלַפֵּי אָדָם הַמְּבַצֵּעַ פֶּשַׁע (כְּמוֹ רֶצַח) ואח"כ מְבַקֵּשׁ לְהָפִיק מִכָּךְ תּוֹעֶלֶת (כְּמוֹ קַבָּלַת יְרֻשַּׁת הַנִּרְצָח). פִּתְגָּם הַדּוֹמֶה לַכְּלָל הַמִּשְׁפָּטִי:"מְעִילָה בַּת עַוְלָה לֹא תִּצְמַח תְּרוּפָה".

("וְדִבַּרְתָּ אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר ה' הֲרָצַחְתָּ וְגַם יָרָשְׁתָּ?! וְדִבַּרְתָּ אֵלָיו לֵאמֹר, כֹּה אָמַר ה', בִּמְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר לָקְקוּ הַכְּלָבִים אֶת דַּם נָבוֹת יָלֹקּוּ הַכְּלָבִים אֶת דָּמְךָ גַּם אָתָּה"- מְלָכִים א כא יט (ה' לְאַחְאָב מֶלֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּאֶמְצָעוּת אֵלִיָּהוּ לְאַחַר רֶצַח נָבוֹת הַיִּזְרְעֹלִי וִירֻשַּׁת כַּרְמוֹ), וְכֵן:"אֲנִי בְּעַד הַשִּׁלּוּמִים. מָה, הֲרָצַחְתָּ וְגַם יָרַשְׁתָּ? שָׁמַעְתִּי אֶת בֵּגִין פֹּה בְּכִכַּר צִיּוֹן אוֹמֵר עַל בֶּן גּוּרְיוֹן דְּבָרִים לֹא יָפִים"- א.עָמִיר/ אַהֲבַת שָׁאוּל, 302)

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