Commentary for Bava Batra 205:5

אמר רב עוקבא בר חמא הכא בנקעים מלאים מים עסקינן דלאו בני זריעה נינהו דיקא נמי דקתני דומיא דסלעים שמע מינה

and half a <i>tarkab</i> are also included [in this law]? [For this reason] it has been expressly stated, [the] field, [which implies consecration in any manner.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even small areas. ');">¹³</span> [Why, then, could not the clefts or the rocks be consecrated separately?] R. Ukba b. Hama replied: Here is a case of clefts full of water in which no sowing is possible. This may also be proved by deduction, for [the clefts] were mentioned in an analogous position to that of rocks.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And sowing in rocks is impossible. ');">¹⁴</span> This proves it. If so,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the reason why clefts and rocks are excluded is on account of their unsuitability for sowing. ');">¹⁵</span>

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