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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 32:10/אבן עזרא על דברים ל״ב:י׳
אימצאהו בארץ מדבר. פי' אביך קנך:
1HE FOUND HIM. The reference is to thy father that hath gotten thee (v. 6).107 refers to thy father (God).
בוטעם ימצאהו. כי במדבר נכנם הכבוד עמם. ועוד כי היו במדבר כאיש תועה במדבר לא עבר בו איש כי כן כתוב ובמדבר תוהו:
2The meaning of He found him is that God’s glory entered into the desert with them. Furthermore, they were like a person wandering in the wilderness,108 a place where no man passes,109 for so Scripture states.110 The wilderness is a waste.
גילל. מקום יללת חיות כתנים ובנות יענה שישום השומע מקולם:
3A HOWLING. A place where animals such as jackals and ostriches howl, and whoever hears their voices is astonished.111 (a howling wilderness) as a place where one is astonished by the howling. He renders yeshimon, he will be astonished.
דיסובבנהו. על העננים:
4HE COMPASSED HIM ABOUT. The reference is to the clouds.112
היבוננהו. התורה:
5HE CARED FOR HIM. By giving him the Torah.
ויצרנהו. מן האויבים:
6HE KEPT HIM. From the enemies.
זכאישון עינו. כבר פירשתי אישון:
7AS THE APPLE OF HIS EYE. I have previously explained the meaning of ishon (apple).113
חוטעם עינו. כלשון בני אדם והטעם שישמרם מכל אויב ואורב:
8Scripture speaks as humans do when it says His eye.114 It means that God protected them from all enemies and all that lay in wait.115