Commentary for Bava Kamma 130:3

כפילא ארבעה וחומשא זוזא אלא לאו דמעיקרא שויא ארבעה ולבסוף שויא זוזא דכפילא זוזא וחומשיה זוזא

Now it is said here that 'the fifth is replaced by the doubling of the payment;' this being the view of R. Jacob. How are we to understand this? If we say it was at the beginning worth four and subsequently similarly worth four, how could the fifth be replaced by the doubling of the payment when the doubling of the payment amounts to four and the fifth to one?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The fifth is 25% of the general sum which will have to be paid as principal plus a fifth thereof amounting thus to a fourth of the principal. ');">⁵</span> Does it therefore not refer to a case where at the beginning the value was four but subsequently fell to one <i>zuz</i>, so that the doubling of the payment is one <i>zuz</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As was the value at the time of the coming into court. ');">⁶</span>

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