|  |  | Previous Folio / Nazir Directory / Tractate List / Navigate Site # Babylonian Talmud: Tractate Nazir ### Folio 33a Abaye replied: We suppose him to have added, for example, 'even if it be not So-and-so I intend1 to be a nazirite,' the meaning of the phrase HIS WORDS WERE NOT FULFILLED [used in the Mishnah] being, his first words were not fulfilled but his later ones were.2 IF [THE PERSON APPROACHING] TURNED AWAY SUDDENLY [WITHOUT BEING IDENTIFIED] HE IS NOT A NAZIRITE etc.: The reason [that he is not a nazirite] is because the other turned away, which would show that had the other come before us, he would become a nazirite. Who is the author [of this opinion)?3 (Part b does not exist) - To Next Folio - Original footnotes renumbered. See Structure of the Talmud Files [Read [H] for [H].] And so he becomes a nazirite. There is no Gemara on 33b, this page being taken up with Tosaf. Tractate List / Glossary / / Bible Reference |  |  |