Commentary for Arakhin 10:12

אבל בהמה דבת מיקדש היא איכא למימר דהכי קאמר

said: This applies only where he said: I undertake the responsibility [for an animal], but not if he said: I assume the obligation [to consecrate] this [animal].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' If a man said: My neighbour's animal do I consecrate, only then does an obligation arise to pay its money value, but if he said 'This animal' shall I provide for the altar,' he obviously has said nothing. For he could undertake to make himself responsible for the money value of an animal, but he could surely not oblige himself to dedicate the animal that does not belong to him. In the latter case his words are for practical purposes meaningless. He has said nothing.');">⁸</span>

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