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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 14:8/אבן עזרא על דברים י״ד:ח׳
אולא גרה. תחסר מלת יגר דרך קצרה או מלת לו:
1BUT CHEWETH NOT THE CUD. The word yiggar (will chew) is missing.8 is a noun. Thus our text reads, and no cud. Hence I.E.’s comments. Our text employs abbreviated terminology.9 is short for ve-gerah and lo yiggar. See Lev. 11:7. On the other hand, the word lo (to it) might be missing.10 is short for ve-lo gerah lo, meaning, and it has no cud; that is, it does not bring up a cud. In other words, it does not chew the cud.