Quoting%20commentary for Shevuot 78:12

ורב חד להודאה במקצת הטענה וחד להודאה ממין הטענה ושמואל לאו ממילא שמעת מיניה דחסרה לה טענה

just as 'silver' is a thing of worth, so everything<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Var. lec., 'vessels', reading for ; v. Rashi and Tosaf.; cf. infra p. 247, n. 6.]');">¹⁵</span> which is of worth [is included]; and Scripture says, This is it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. XXII, 8: for any claim about which the debtor says, 'I do not owe you the whole amount, but this is it', i.e., 'I admit owing you this portion only,' he takes an oath. Hence, the admission may be part of the two ma'ahs (leaving less than two ma'ahs for denial) . Scripture thus appears to support Samuel.');">¹⁶</span>

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