Commentary for Nedarim 28:5

ואי בעית אימא כולה מציעתא נמי דנקיט ליה בידיה והא קא משמע לן כיוון דנקיט ליה בידיה אף על גב דלא אמר אלא בה כמאן דאמר במה שכתוב בה דמי:

Since he holds it in his hand, even if he merely says 'by it,' it is as though he said, 'by what is written therein'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., bah u-bamah shekathuw bah are now translated 'by it or by what is written therein', the copulative sometimes meaning or. The text is not quite clear, that of the Ran has been adopted as giving the most plausible rendering. ');">⁵</span>

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