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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 12:2/אבן עזרא על דברים י״ב:ב׳
אאבד תאבדון את כל המקומו'. אמר רבי יונה המדקדק כי את אלהיהם חסר וי״ו והטעם ואת אלהיהם ולא אמר כלום רק הוא דבק עם מלת אשר עבדו שם:
1YE SHALL SURELY DESTROY ALL THE PLACES…THEIR GODS. Rabbi Jonah the grammarian says that et elohehem (their gods) is lacking a vav, for the meaning of the phrase is, and their gods.1 However, he contributes nothing.2 is connected to asher avedu sham (wherein they served). Et elohehem is most certainly connected to asher avedu sham (wherein they served).3 (their gods) not ve-et elohehem (and their gods). I.E. feels that there is no reason to interpret et as if written ve-et.
בכל עץ רענן. רענן ושאנן לעולם בשני נוני״ן והטעם כמו רטוב:
2EVERY LEAFY TREE. The words ra’anan (leafy) and sha’anan (at peace) are always spelled with two nuns.4 is shin, alef, nun and that of ra’anan is resh, ayin, nun. Hence he points out that in ra’anan and sha’anan the final root letter is doubled. See Radak, Sefer Ha-sharoshim. The meaning of ra’anan is wet.5