Commentary for Arakhin 40:9
מיתיבי
the worth of this ox for a burnt-offering', but if he said: 'I vow this ox as a burnt-offering', since he had said 'this' and one] died, he is not obliged [to make restitution for it], for he [merely] meant: '[I vow] to bring him'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if possible, to make every effort to do so. But his obligation extended only to this ox; he assumed no responsibility for any accident (like death) that would render his effort futile.');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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