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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 1:29/אבן עזרא על דברים א׳:כ״ט
אלא תערצון. כמו לא תפחדון והוא מגזרת והוא מעריצכם והטעם שבר הלב בפחד:
1DREAD NOT. Lo ta’artzun means dread not. Ta’artzun is related to the word ma’aritzekhem (your dread) in and let him be your dread (Is. 8:13). It means the breaking of the heart by fear.68 comes from the root ayin, resh, tzadi, which means to break. Thus lo ta’artzun literally means do not be broken. Hence I.E.’s comment.