256. "Over Edom will I cast My shoe" (Ibid.). HE INQUIRES: What is the meaning of: "Will I cast My shoe?" HE RESPONDS: It also refers to the one who had distant VISION, as it is written: "And Esau said to Jacob, 'Give me to swallow, I pray you, of that red pottage; for I am faint'" (Beresheet 25:30). "Give me to swallow" MEANS actually stuffing down the throat, opening wide the mouth and throat to swallow. David said to that swallower who stuffs himself, I will dump on him, THAT IS ON HIS MOUTH, "my shoe" to shut his throat. THEREFORE, "OVER EDOM WILL I CAST MY SHOE."
256. עַל אֱדוֹם אֲשְׁלִיךְ נַעֲלִי, מַאי אֲשְׁלִיךְ נַעֲלִי. אֶלָּא דָּא אוֹף הָכִי לְמֵרָחִיק הֲוָה, דִּכְתִּיב וַיֹּאמֶר עֵשָׂו אֶל יַעֲקֹב הַלְעִיטֵנִי נָא מִן הָאָדוֹם הָאָדוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי עָיֵף אָנֹכִי. הַלְעִיטֵנִי: הַלְעָטָה מַמָּשׁ, פְּתִיחוּ דְּפוּמָא וּגְרוֹנָא לְמִבְלַע. אָמַר דָּוִד לְהַהוּא בַּלְעָן, מְלָעֵט הַלְעַטִּין, אֲנָא אַרְמִי עָלֵיהּ נַעֲלִי, לְמִסְתַּם גְּרוֹנֵיהּ.