Commentary for Bava Kamma 107:10

אלא אמר קרא (שמות כא, לד) כסף ישיב לבעליו לרבות כל דאית ליה בעלים א"ה אפילו כלים ואדם נמי

[But still why indeed not exclude poultry?] Scripture says: <i>'And the dead shall be his'</i> [implying] all things that are subject to death. [If so,] whether according to the Rabbis who exclude inanimate objects, or according to R. Judah who includes inanimate objects, [the question maybe raised] are inanimate objects subject to death? It may be said that their breaking is their death. But again according to Rab who stated<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Supra p. 289. ');">¹⁸</span> that the liability imposed by the Torah in the case of Pit was for the unhealthy air [of the pit] but not for the blow [it gave], would either the Rabbis or R. Judah maintain that inanimate objects could be damaged by unhealthy air? — It may be said that [this could happen] with new utensils that burst in bad air. But was not this [clause] <i>And the dead shall be his</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 34. ');">¹⁹</span>

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