מכה איש ומת. פירש"י דקרא הכא דמכה איש וקרא דאיש כי יכה וקרא דבסמוך וכי יזיד לא צריך למכתב מכה כלל ומיהו י"ל דאי לא כתיב אלא הני תרי קראי ה"א דווקא איש שהרג אבל אשה וטומטום ואנדרוגינוס לא והכי פירש"י גבי וגונב איש: מכה איש, “if someone strikes an adult male, etc;” Rashi compares this verse with a similar verse in Leviticus 24,17, reading איש כי יכה, “when an adult male strikes someone,” explaining that both verses are necessary. Verse 14 here, commencing with “if someone deliberately strikes some with intent to kill, but tries to make it look as if it was unintentional,” is also needed as explained by Rashi on that verse, i.e. that unless it had been written, I would have thought that penalties are in place only when the aggression was deliberate with intent to harm or kill. Without our verse one could have thought that killing a woman or injuring her, or doing so to a hermaphrodite would not be punishable, or would be punishable less severely. Rashi explains all this on verse 16 in our chapter.