סימן קמ"ה-אין אדם מת וכו'

Siman One Hundred and Forty-Five — Ein Adam Mesסימן קמה — אין אדם מת This is the aspect of dispute — as its translation: "and they abounded — masters of arrows [baalei chatzim]" — baalei plugusa [masters of dispute]. And see also in Siman 46 — Mechyas Kapayim — and so on — where he also brings: "and an arrow [chetz]" — the language of dispute — and so on. Baalei chatzim — baalei plugusa. And likewise here he interprets chatzim from the language of chetz [arrow] — as: [1 Samuel 20] "behold the arrow [hachetz] is beyond you." And so on. And it appears on the surface that he interpreted baalei plugusa from the language of plugusa and dispute [machalukes] — which is common in the language of the Sages. And see Rashi there — who interpreted baalei plugusa from the language of: [Numbers 31] "and the half [hamachatzit] of them" — those who were fit to receive a portion from him as an inheritance. But according to his own interpretation [aliba d'idey] he explained baalei chatzim: those whose tongue is like an arrow. And so Targum Yonasan translated. And this also is the aspect of dispute. And also according to Targum Onkelos — one agrees as well that in any case v'rabu [and they abounded] is from the language of strife and dispute — that his brothers became men of strife for him — and so on.