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חומרי פתכייתא. אתאי ההיא איתתא, אמרה ליה: ״הב לי חד שוכא״. אמר לה: ״אי יהבינא ליך מיקדשת לי״? אמרה ליה: ״הבה מיהבה״. אמר רב חמא: כל ״הבה מיהבה״ לאו כלום הוא.
beads [ḥumrei] of glass [petakhyata]. A certain woman came and said to him: Give me one string. He said to her: If I give you this string will you be betrothed to me with it? She said to him: Give, give. Rav Ḥama said: Any use of the expression: Give, give, is nothing. Although she said: Give, give, she did not agree to the condition, as she was mocking him and had no intention of actually becoming betrothed.
ההוא גברא דהוה קא שתי חמרא בחנותא. אתאי ההיא איתתא, אמרה ליה: ״הב לי חד כסא״. אמר לה: ״אי יהיבנא ליך מיקדשת לי״? אמרה ליה: ״אשקויי אשקיין״. אמר רב חמא: כל ״אשקויי אשקיין״ לאו כלום הוא.
The Talmud relates a similar incident: There was a certain man who was drinking wine in a store. A woman came in and said to him: Give me one cup of wine. He said to her: If I give you a cup of wine will you be betrothed to me with it? She said to him: Give to drink, give it to me to drink. Rav Ḥama said that any use of the expression: Give to drink, give it to me to drink, is nothing, i.e., she certainly did not intend to accept the condition and she is not betrothed.
ההוא גברא דהוה קא שדי תמרי מדקלא. אתאי ההיא איתתא, אמרה ליה: ״שדי לי תרתי״! אמר לה: ״אי שדינא ליך מיקדשת לי״? אמרה ליה: ״שדי מישדא״. אמר רב זביד: כל ״שדי מישדא״ לאו כלום הוא.
The Talmud further relates: There was a certain man who was picking dates from a date tree. A certain woman came and said to him: Throw me two. He said to her: If I throw two dates to you will you be betrothed to me with them? She said to him: Throw, throw. Rav Zevid said: Any use of the expression: Throw, throw, is nothing, and she is not betrothed.
איבעיא להו: ״הב״, ״אשקי״, ״ושדי״, מהו? אמר רבינא: מקודשת. רב סמא בר רקתא אמר: תגא דמלכא! אינה מקודשת. והלכתא: אינה מקודשת.
A dilemma was raised before the rabbis: If she said: Give, or: Give to drink, or: Throw, without the additional emphasis of the repetition, what is the halakha? Does this straightforward statement indicate that she actually meant him to give it to her in accordance with his stated condition, or does she not agree to betrothal even here? Ravina said: She is betrothed. Rav Sama bar Rakta said in the form of an oath: By the king’s crown! She is not betrothed. The Talmud states: And the halakha is that she is not betrothed.