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§ Rabbi Asi asked Rabbi Yoḥanan: With regard to wine that a gentile mixed [mesakho]with water, what is the halakha? Rabbi Yoḥanan said to Rabbi Asi: And why not say: Wine that a gentile diluted [mezago] with water, as that is the term that is usually used?
Rabbi Asi said to Rabbi Yoḥanan: I say wine that was mixed, as it is written:
“She has prepared her meat, she has mixed [maskha] her wine” (Proverbs 9:2).
Rabbi Yoḥanan said to Rabbi Asi: While it is true that this is the language of the Bible, the language of the Torah is a language in itself, and the language of the Sages is a language in itself, i.e., the terminology of the Bible is not the same as the terminology employed by the Sages.
We explore the way talmud and midrash makes use of the book of Proverbs.