Related for Keritot 34:14

יש אם למסורת (ויקרא ה, יז) מצות כתיב

Rab Assi holds that the traditional spelling of the text is authoritative, a [in Scripture] it is written: 'A commandment'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Many words of the Hebrew text of the Bible, which was originally written down vowelless, permit of various readings according to the vowels which are attached to them. In particular we find sometimes that by the omission of a letter, which in accordance with grammatical rule is expected there, the reading becomes equivocal. One School regards the fact of such spelling as indicative of a special intimation besides the one conveyed by the traditional reading of the word. They regard, in Talmudical terminology, 'the traditional spelling as authoritative' for the interpretation of the text. The other School takes only the reading version of the word into account when interpreting the text; v. Sanh. Sonc. ed. p. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>

Tosefta Bikkurim

A k'vi (see Bikkurim 2:8) -- how is it like a wild animal? Its blood requires covering like a wild animal. Rabbi Eliezer says, they are liable to bring a variable guilt-offering for [partaking in] their [forbidden] fats. How is it like both a wild animal and a domesticated animal? One who flays (המפשיט not מפסיד, see GR"A) it, [the laws regarding whether its hide is] connected [to its flesh is] like wild animals and domesticated animals (see Tos. Chullin 8:6). And [the laws of] the sciatic nerve apply to it, like they do to wild animals and domesticated animals. If he said, "Behold, I will become a nazirite if [the k'vi] is [neither] a wild animal or a domesticated animal," behold, he has become a nazirite. Rabbi Yosei says, a k'vi is a unique creation unto itself, and the Sages were unable to render a decision about it, if it it is a wild animal or a domesticated animal.

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