Responsa for Yevamot 141:10

ורבי עקיבא האי תושב ושכיר מאי עביד ליה אמר רב שמעיא לאתויי ערבי מהול וגבעוני מהול

R. Shemaia replied: To include<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the prohibition to eat of the Paschal lamb. ');">³¹</span> a circumcised Arab and a circumcised Gibeonite.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (Cf. Josh. IX, 3ff); synonymous with nathin (v. Glos.). Aruk and MSS. read [H] 'highlander'. Cf. 'A.Z. 27a. The circumcision of these men was not performed in fulfilment of the Pentateuchal commandment and had, therefore, no religious value. ');">³²</span> Are these, however, regarded as circumcised at all? Surely we learned: [If a man said]. 'Konam<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] an expression used in a vow of abstinence. V. Ned. 3lb. ');">³³</span> if I benefit from the uncircumcised', he may benefit from uncircumcised Israelites<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In ordinary speech (the usages of which are the determining factor in vows), even such Israelites are never described as uncircumcised'. ');">³⁴</span>

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