יז ושפחה כנענית בת איתרוסי היא אלא מאי אית לך למימר מאי מאורסת מיוחדת הכא נמי מאי מאורסת מיוחדת
17 Although they have said that if a man affiances half a woman she is not affianced, yet if one who is half a slave and half free is affianced, her betrothal is a genuine one. What is the reason [for the difference]? In the one case he leaves something over from his acquisition, in the other case he leaves nothing over from his acquisition.' R. Shesheth, however, said: Just as if a man affiances half a woman she is not affianced, so if a woman who is half a slave and half free is affianced, her betrothal is no genuine one. If someone should whisper to you [the teaching], 'Who is the designated bondwoman?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the woman referred to in Lev. XIX, 20, by the words [H] (E.V. 'bondwoman betrothed to a man'). ');"><sup>17</sup></span>