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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 21:14/אבן עזרא על דברים כ״א:י״ד

אושלחתה לנפשה. תעשה רצונה:

1THEN THOU SHALT LET HER GO.⁵⁸. You shall do to her as she desires.⁵⁹ to mean her desire. He interprets veshilachta le-nafshah as you shall allow her to do whatever she wants.

בומכור לא תמכרנה בכסף. דבר הכ' במנהג הרב והטעם בשום דבר:

2BUT THOU SHALT NOT SELL HER AT ALL FOR MONEY. Scripture speaks of what is widely practiced.⁶⁰ Its true meaning is, do not sell her.

גלא תתעמר בה. כמו והתעמר בו ומכרו ואין להם שלישי ופירושו לפי מקומו בטעם רמאות:

3THOU SHALT NOT DEAL WITH HER AS WITH A SLAVE. The word titammer (deal as with a slave) is similar to the word ve-hitammer (and he deal as with a slave) in and he deal with him as a slave (Deut. 24:7). The word is not found a third time.⁶¹ The meaning of the word has to be ascertained from its context. It means deceitfully.⁶² deceitfully.