Related%20passage for Shevuot 75:4
אמר רב יהודה אמר שמואל כללו של רבי מאיר פרטו של רבי יהודה כללו של רבי יהודה פרטו של רבי מאיר
Rab Judah said that Samuel said: The general statement of R'Meir is the particular of R'Judah, and the general statement of R'Judah is the particular of R'Meir.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because R. Judah says, 'I swear I do not owe thee and not thee' is counted a particular, he must have heard R. Meir say that it is a general statement (because of the connecting and) , equivalent to 'I do not owe all of you.' R. Meir's particular must therefore be, 'I do not owe thee, not thee, not thee' (without and) - turning to each claimant, and addressing him separately. This expression, 'not thee, not thee,' R. Judah counts as a general statement, for he states that 'and not thee' is a particular.');"><sup>4</sup></span> And R'Johanan said: All agree that 'and not thee' is a particular; they disagree only in 'not thee,' R'Meir holding it is a particular, and R'Judah holding it i general; and what is the general statement according to R'Meir? 'I swear that you have not in my possession.'
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