Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 227:5

ואידך ההוא לנידון בכבודו הוא דאתא מה ערכין נידון בכבודו אף הקדש נידון בכבודו

where it [the pledge] is not returned, Surely, there is no assessment! But R. Johanan ruled: It is written, <i>[When a person shall make] a vow by thy valuation [shall the persons be for the Lord]</i>:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 2. Now, 'vow' ([H]) applies to any vow, whilst 'valuation' ([H]) to the dedication of one's own value (to sacred purposes). Since the two are written in conjunction, it follows that the same law applies to both. ');">⁹</span> just as a means test is applied for 'valuations', so also for a vow to <i>hekdesh</i>. And the other?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Jacob, etc., who holds that there is no assessment for hekdesh. How do they interpret the juxtaposition of these two words? ');">¹⁰</span>

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