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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 21:11/אבן עזרא על דברים כ״א:י״א

אאשת. כבר דרשוהו חז״‎ל:

1A WOMAN. The rabbis have already explained this.²⁸ on this verse.

ביפת תאר. בעיניו:

2OF GOODLY FORM. In his own eyes.²⁹ on this verse.

גוחשקת בה. שתחזקנה לקחתה לאשה כי אחר כן יאמר ובעלתה וכמוהו ואקח אותה לי לאשה:

3AND THOU HAST A DESIRE UNTO HER. You will desire to take her for a wife,³⁰). “Wouldest take her to thee for a woman” might mean that the Israelite merely wants to have sex with her. Hence I.E.’s comment that the intention is to marry her. for after this Scripture states, and be her husband. So I took her to be my wife (le-ishah) (Gen. 12:19) is similar.³¹