Commentary for Bava Kamma 214:2
אמר רבא מאי טעמא דרמי בר חמא שומר חנם בהדיא כתיב ביה (שמות כב, ח) כי הוא זה שומר שכר יליף נתינה נתינה משומר חנם
[to the similar term expressing] 'giving' in the section of unpaid bailee;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Ex. XXII, 6, the opening section of the unpaid bailee. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> the law for borrower begins with <i>'and if a man borrow'</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXII, 13. ');"><sup>5</sup></span> so that the <i>waw</i> copula ['and'] thus conjoins it with the former subject;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And makes him analogous in this respect to the bailees dealt with previously; v. B.M. 95a. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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