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ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST

חֲמִשָּׁה תַמִּין וַחֲמִשָּׁה מוּעָדִין, הַבְּהֵמָה אֵינָהּ מוּעֶדֶת לֹא לִגַּח וְלֹא לִגֹּף וְלֹא לִשֹּׁךְ וְלֹא לִרְבֹּץ וְלֹא לִבְעֹט. הַשֵּׁן מוּעֶדֶת לֶאֱכֹל אֶת הָרָאוּי לָהּ, הָרֶגֶל מוּעֶדֶת לְשַׁבֵּר בְּדֶרֶךְ הִלּוּכָהּ, וְשׁוֹר הַמּוּעָד, וְשׁוֹר הַמַּזִּיק בִּרְשׁוּת הַנִּזָּק, וְהָאָדָם. הַזְּאֵב וְהָאֲרִי וְהַדֹּב וְהַנָּמֵר וְהַבַּרְדְּלָס וְהַנָּחָשׁ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מוּעָדִין. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהֵן בְּנֵי תַרְבּוּת, אֵינָן מוּעָדִין. וְהַנָּחָשׁ מוּעָד לְעוֹלָם. מַה בֵּין תָּם לְמוּעָד. אֶלָּא שֶׁהַתָּם מְשַׁלֵּם חֲצִי נֶזֶק מִגּוּפוֹ, וּמוּעָד מְשַׁלֵּם נֶזֶק שָׁלֵם מִן הָעֲלִיָּה:

Pedagogical transliterationḥamishah tammin va-ḥamishah muadin ... mah bein tam le-muad

Plain meaningMishnah Bava Kamma 1:4: categories of ordinary and forewarned damage, followed by the payment distinction.
Pointing follows the registered Torat Emet Mishnah witness. It is edition-supplied reading support and is not attributed to the earliest manuscript layer.

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT

Rule and exception reader

The Mishnah classifies damage as תַמִּין and מוּעָדִין, illustrates the categories, records Rabbi Eliezer’s qualification, then asks מַה בֵּין תָּם לְמוּעָד. The answer begins אֶלָּא שֶׁ־ and states the payment distinction. ‘Exception’ here is a legal distinction, not an English-language afterthought.

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חֲמִשָּׁה תַמִּין וַחֲמִשָּׁה מוּעָדִין, הַבְּהֵמָה אֵינָהּ מוּעֶדֶת לֹא לִגַּח וְלֹא לִגֹּף וְלֹא לִשֹּׁךְ וְלֹא לִרְבֹּץ וְלֹא לִבְעֹט. הַשֵּׁן מוּעֶדֶת לֶאֱכֹל אֶת הָרָאוּי לָהּ, הָרֶגֶל מוּעֶדֶת לְשַׁבֵּר בְּדֶרֶךְ הִלּוּכָהּ, וְשׁוֹר הַמּוּעָד, וְשׁוֹר הַמַּזִּיק בִּרְשׁוּת הַנִּזָּק, וְהָאָדָם. הַזְּאֵב וְהָאֲרִי וְהַדֹּב וְהַנָּמֵר וְהַבַּרְדְּלָס וְהַנָּחָשׁ, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מוּעָדִין. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, בִּזְמַן שֶׁהֵן בְּנֵי תַרְבּוּת, אֵינָן מוּעָדִין. וְהַנָּחָשׁ מוּעָד לְעוֹלָם. מַה בֵּין תָּם לְמוּעָד. אֶלָּא שֶׁהַתָּם מְשַׁלֵּם חֲצִי נֶזֶק מִגּוּפוֹ, וּמוּעָד מְשַׁלֵּם נֶזֶק שָׁלֵם מִן הָעֲלִיָּה:
ORIGINAL

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ḥamishah tammin va-ḥamishah muadin ... mah bein tam le-muad
READING

Pedagogical reading guide

Mishnah Bava Kamma 1:4: categories of ordinary and forewarned damage, followed by the payment distinction.
MEANING

Hebrew

five ordinary cases → five forewarned cases → dangerous-species list → Rabbi Eliezer’s qualification → snake exception → payment distinction

EXAMPLES

Examples supplied by the approved curriculum.

Close translation of the conclusion — ‘What is the difference between an ordinary ox and a forewarned ox? Only that the ordinary ox pays half-damages from its own body, whereas the forewarned ox pays full damages from the superior property.’ The preceding list determines which classification applies.

SOURCE REFERENCE

Mishnah Bava Kamma 1:4

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APPROVED STUDY LAYERS

Source-specific guidance from the curriculum.

Learning objective

Read list, classification, named dissent, formal question, and exception/distinction as one legal argument.

Language and syntax

Rabbinic legal Hebrew. Repeated participles classify status; כֵּיצַד opens explanation; בִּזְמַן שֶׁ־ supplies a condition; אֶלָּא שֶׁ־ introduces the precise distinction.

Practice

Locate כֵּיצַד, Rabbi Eliezer’s qualification, the clause that keeps the snake permanently forewarned, and the אֶלָּא שֶׁ־ distinction.

Answer key

כֵּיצַד introduces the explanation. Rabbi Eliezer says domesticated dangerous species are not forewarned. וְהַנָּחָשׁ מוּעָד לְעוֹלָם makes the snake the exception. אֶלָּא שֶׁהַתָּם ... וּמוּעָד ... contrasts half damages from the animal’s body with full damages from superior property.

Source notes

The complete Mishnah is displayed from Torat Emet 357; the shorter English explanation is explicitly labeled as translation of the conclusion, not of the entire hero.

REMEMBER

Legal vocabulary must be read inside the classification it governs.