1)

Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) words "Rotze'ach hu, Mos Yumas ha'Rotze'ach"?

1.

Sifri: To teach us that, if the murderer killed the victim by rolling beams or poles on him he is Chayav - even though they are not Keilim.

2)

What is the significance of the fact that the Torah teaches us the Din of someone who kills using metal, a stone or wood?

1.

Sifri: It precludes where Reuven pushes Shimon into fire or into water, or where he incites a dog or a snake to bite him, where Hashem decides as to whether he is Chayav bi'Yedei Shamayim or not. 1

1

See Torah Temimah, note 28.

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