Commentary for Sotah 55:7
ת"ש מדקתני סיפא רבי אומר שני פעמים האמורין בפרשה ונטמאה ונטמאה אחד לבעל ואחד לבועל מכלל דרבי עקיבא ווי קדריש
But it is still questionable whether [the teacher in the Mishnah] draws the conclusion from the repetition of 'defiled' or from the conjunction in 'defiled … and is defiled'! — Come and hear: Since he states in the continuation, RABBI SAYS: THE WORD DEFILED OCCURS TWICE IN THE SCRIPTURAL PORTION, ONE REFERRING TO THE HUSBAND AND THE OTHER TO THE PARAMOUR, it follows that it is R. Akiba who expounds the conjunction 'and'. Consequently for R. Akiba there are six texts [containing the phrase 'and shall enter']<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In verses 22. 24 and 27, the conjunction 'and' duplicating each. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
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