Commentary for Bava Kamma 107:3

אמרי בעל הבור ישלם חזר וכלל כלל ופרט וכלל אי אתה דן אלא כעין הפרט מה הפרט מפורש בעלי חיים אף כל בעלי חיים

while <i>an ox</i> or <i>an ass</i> [follows as] a specification, and where a generalisation is followed by a specification, the generalisation does not apply to anything save what is enumerated in the specification,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [This is one of the principles of hermeneutics (Kelal u-ferat) according to R. Ishmael, v. Sanh. (Sonc. ed.) p. 12, n. 9.] ');">⁵</span> so that only in the case of an ox or an ass should there be liability, but not for any other object whatsoever? — No; for it could be said that [the clause] <i>The owner of the pit shall make it good</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXI, 34. ');">⁶</span>

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