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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 23:26/אבן עזרא על דברים כ״ג:כ״ו
אבקמת רעך. לקצור:
1WHEN THOU COMEST INTO THY NEIGHBOR’S STANDING CORN. To harvest.87
בוקטפת. כמו הקוטפים מלוח:
2THEN THOU MAYEST PLUCK. The word ve-katafta (then thou mayest pluck) is similar to the word ha-kotefim (they pluck) in They pluck salt-wort (Job 30:4).
גמלילות. ידיעות מהמקום:
3EARS. The meaning of melilot (ears) is known from its context.
דחרמש. מלה מרובעת ובעבור תניף אמרו המכחישים כי כן לעוברי דרכים:
4A SICKLE. Chermesh (sickle) is a quadriliteral.88. Most Hebrew words are triliteral. Hence I.E.’s comment. The deniers89 say that this law applies to those who pass by the field,90 for Scripture says, thou shalt not move a sickle.91, for this is the very task of a farm laborer.