Mesorat%20hashas for Nedarim 31:9

ורב אשי נאדי מן טעם דאביי קסבר שלא אוכל נמי משמע שתי לשונות היו מסרבין בו לאכול ואמר לא אכילנא לא אכילנא ואמר נמי שבועה בין שאוכל בין שלא אוכל הדין אכילנא משמע דאמר

Now, since he enumerates, 'that I will eat,' 'that I will not eat,' 'that I have eaten.' 'that I have not eaten, it follows that [the phrase,] 'that I eat of yours' implies, 'I will eat'? — Abaye answered: 'That I eat' has two meanings. If one was being urged to eat, and he replied: 'I will eat, I will eat, moreover. [I take] an oath that I eat,' it implies, 'I will eat.' But if he said, 'I will not eat, I will not eat,' and then added: '[I take] an oath that I eat,' it implies, 'I will not eat'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The Heb. then means: 'I swear in this matter of eating' — viz., that I will not eat. [The whole turns on the meaning attached to [H]. The particle [H] may denote 'that' or 'if' (or 'that which'). In the first instance, the circumstance favours the former interpretation: 'An oath that I eat', i.e., 'I swear that I eat'. In the latter, he probably meant: 'An oath if (or that which) I eat, i.e., 'I swear not to eat', (or, 'By oath be forbidden that which I eat); cf. Shebu. 19b.] ');">⁷</span>

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