Commentary for Ketubot 130:6

תנן אוכלת עמו לילי שבת בשלמא למ"ד אכילה היינו דקתני אוכלת אלא למאן דאמר תשמיש מאי אוכלת לישנא מעליא כדכתיב (משלי ל, כ) אכלה ומחתה פיה ואמרה לא פעלתי און

We have learned: She is to eat with him erev Shabbat [Friday night]. This works according to the one who said that she eats, that is why it says “she eats.” However, to the one who said, “intercourse,” why does it say she eats? It is a euphemism, as it is written “She eats, and wipes her mouth, and says: ‘I have done no wickedness’” (Proverbs 30:20).

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