Commentary for Bava Kamma 212:7

הניחא למ"ד חד בגנב וחד בטוען טענת גנב שפיר אלא למ"ד האי אם ימצא הגנב ואם לא ימצא תרוייהו בטוען טענת גנב מאי איכא למימר

— It may still be argued [that they were made analagous by means of the definite article<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which has the effect of denoting the thing par excellence as in Pes. 58b; v. also Kid. 15a. ');">¹¹</span> as instead of] 'thief' [it was written] 'the thief'. R. Hiyya b. Abba pointed out to R. Johanan an objection [from the following]: [If a depositor says.] 'Where is my ox?' [and the bailee pleads:] 'It was stolen,' [and upon the plaintiff's saying,] 'I want you to take an oath,' the defendant says 'Amen,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 617. n. 5. ');">¹²</span>

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