Quoting%20commentary for Bava Metzia 112:8

בעי רבי זירא שכירות יש לו אונאה או אין לו אונאה ממכר אמר רחמנא אבל לא שכירות או דלמא לא שנא אמר ליה אביי מי כתיב ממכר לעולם ממכר סתמא כתיב והאי נמי ביומיה מכירה היא

Thus I know only [that he can place it in] her hand; whence do I know it of her roof, court, or enclosure? Because it is written, and he shall give it, implying, in any manner.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra p. 56 and notes. ');">¹⁴</span> Hence this is only because Scripture wrote 'and he shall give it'; but otherwise I would have said that wherever Scripture writes 'hand' it is meant literally! — But [in truth] 'his hand' is always meant literally; there, however,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the verse quoted by Rabbah b. Mammel. ');">¹⁵</span>

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