Mesorat%20hashas for Sotah 33:14

אמר רבי תנחום (במדבר ה, יט) הנקי כתיב

as indicating the inclusion of instructions and responses, whereas R. Meir draws no deductions from the occurrences of the particle 'eth. R. Judah, on the other hand, expounds all the above points as implying limitation; 'curses' denotes [the passages which are] actually curses; 'the curses' is to exclude the imprecations which result from the benedictions; 'these' is to exclude the imprecations in Deuteronomy; 'the these' is to exclude instructions and responses. What is the difference that R. Meir interprets the definite article [in the curses] as implying amplification and the definite article [in the these] as implying limitation? — When the definite article occurs in connection with amplification<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The phrase 'and the priest will write' is a general statement — an amplification. ');">¹³</span>

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