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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 28:32/אבן עזרא על דברים כ״ח:ל״ב
אוכלות. כמו נכספה וגם כלת' וכן ותכל דוד ואינו חסר נפש כאשר פירש חסר הדעת כי ותכל פועל יוצא ולא נזכר הפועל כמו אשר ילדה אותה:
1AND FAIL WITH LONGING. The word kalot (fail with longing) is similar to the word kaletah (pineth) in My soul yearneth, yea, even pineth (Ps. 84:3) and to va-tekhal (failed with longing) in va-tekhal david (and caused David to fail with longing)59 (II Sam. 13:39). The latter is not lacking the word “soul” as the one lacking in knowledge says,60 is to be rendered, And David’s soul failed with longing. It should be noted that this interpretation was offered by Rashi, Radak, and the Targum. for the word vatekhal is transitive. The subject61, i.e., the one who caused David to fail in longing. is omitted,62 as it is in “whom she bore”63 (Num. 26:59).64