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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 32:33/אבן עזרא על דברים ל״ב:ל״ג
אחמת. והנה היין כסם חמת התנינים בחמה:
1THE VENOM OF. Look, the wine317 is like the venom of angry serpents.318
בוראש פתנים. כמו על חור פתן ואם הוא באל״ף הוא כחבריו בוי״ו:
2AND THE CRUEL POISON OF ASPS. Petanim (asps) is similar to the word paten (asp) in on the hole of the asp (Is. 11:8). Even though rosh (poison) is spelled with an alef, it has the same meaning as its counterparts which are spelled with a vav.319 in verse 32.
גאכזר. תקיף והאל״ף נוסף כאל״ף אצבע ואזרוע:
3CRUEL. Akhzar (cruel) means mighty.320 The alef is superfluous,321, and its alef is not a prefix or a particle. like the alef of etzba (finger)322. and ezro’a (arm).323.