בראשו. בעצמו או מה שהוא שוה: IN FULL. Be-rosho (in full)52The word rosh literally means a head. Thus be-rosho literally means for its head. means in itself,53Head is a metaphor for the entire body. It thus can be taken to mean the entire thing. or its worth.
וחמשתיו. מיעוט רבים שנים והנה הם שני חמישיות ועוד אפרשנו: THE FIFTH PART. The minimum of a plural is two. Thus chamishitav54Chamishitav is a plural. (the fifth part) means two fifths. I will explain it later.55See I.E. on Num. 5:7 (Vol. 4, p. 35): “If he confesses on his own (then he adds a fifth part). However, if there are witnesses then he shall add two fifths. Those who transmitted the law say a fifth of a fifth. Their minds are greater than ours.”
ביום אשמתו. טעמו ביום שובו מאשמתו יביא איל: IN THE DAY OF HIS BEING GUILTY. Its meaning is, in the day that he turns away from his guilt56When he repents. he shall bring a ram.