What does it mean “to make” the captive woman’s nails? The Talmud (Yevamos 48a) offers two opinions. Rabbi Eliezer says that is means to cut her nails. (His reason: it is the same as her hair, which she cuts.) Rabbi Akiva disagrees and says that it means to let her nails grow. (His reason: this was considered unattractive, just as shaving her head was done to make her unattractive.)