Jewish%20thought for Sotah 24:6
ולמ"ד שפחתה הא אמרת בא גבריאל וחבטן בקרקע דשייר לה חדא דלאו אורחא דבת מלכא למיקם לחודה
he who said that it means 'her handmaid' did so because the text has not yadah [her hand]. But according to him who said that it means 'her handmaid', it has just been stated that Gabriel came and beat them to the ground!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Therefore they were all dead; so how could the princess send her handmaid? ');"><sup>8</sup></span> — He left her one, because it is not customary for a king's daughter to be unattended. But according to him who said that it means 'her hand', the text should have been yadah! — It teaches us that [her arm] became lengthened; for a master has said: You find it so<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The lengthening of a limb, v. Meg. 15b.] ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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