Commentary for Yevamot 143:15

רבא אמר מאי נשיו אמו אמו פשיטא מהו דתימא מוליד מאכיל שאין מוליד אינו מאכיל קמ"ל

— It is indeed a refutation.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to another reading (v. Rashi). the Baraitha is cited in support for R. Huna's view, it being interpreted that 'the mashuk etc. may eat by Pentateuchal law only' but is Rabbinically forbidden. ');">³⁸</span> The Master said,'A <i>tumtum</i> may not eat <i>terumah</i>, but his women<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At present assumed to mean wives. ');">³⁹</span> and slaves may eat of it'. By what legal act could a <i>tumtum</i> acquire his wives?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'whence to him, to the tumtum, his wives'? ');">⁴⁰</span>

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