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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 1:21/אבן עזרא על דברים א׳:כ״א
ארש. במשקל שב מגזרת ירושה:
1TAKE POSSESSION. Resh (take possession) is vocalized like the word shev (sit).58. Resh comes from the root yod, resh, shin. Shev comes from the root yod, shin, bet. Resh is related to the word yerushah (possession).
בתחת. כמו ידל כבוד יעקב מפעלי הכפל:
2DISMAYED. Techat (dismayed) is similar59 to the word yiddal (shall be made thin) in That the glory of Jacob shall be made thin (Is. 17:4).60 the chirik changes to tzereh because of the chet. Techat comes from a double root.