Commentary for Bava Batra 156:10
<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> היכי דמי אי דאמר ליה היא ובנה אפילו פרה ובנה נמי אי דלא א"ל היא ובנה אפילו חמור נמי לא
R. Samuel b. Nahman said in the name of R. Johanan:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Some texts read, R. Samuel b. Nahmani in the name of R. Jonathan.] ');"><sup>26</sup></span> What is the meaning of the verse: <i>Wherefore</i> hamoshelim [<i>they that speak in parables</i>] <i>say</i>, etc.?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XXI, 27. ');"><sup>27</sup></span> — <i>Hamoshelim</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Heb. root [H] means 'to speak in parables' and also 'to rule', 'to master'. ');"><sup>28</sup></span>
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