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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 32:6/אבן עזרא על דברים ל״ב:ו׳

אנבל. במעשיו:

1FOOLISH. In their deeds.

בולא חכם. בלב והנה כלו חסר במחשבה ובמעשה:

2AND UNWISE. In heart. Look, the entire people are totally deficient in thought and deed.

גאביך. בעבור שאמר שאינם בניו:

3THY FATHER. Scripture states this because it earlier stated that they are not His children.

דקנך. כטעם ה' קנני:

4THAT HATH GOTTEN THEE. Kanekha (gotten thee) is similar to kanani (made me)⁷¹ in The Lord made me (Prov. 8:22).

ההוא עשך. תקנך:

5HE…MADE THEE. Fully developed you.⁷². According to I.E. the word may have the meaning of fixing in final form. See I.E. on Gen. 2:4 (Vol. 1, p. 51). According to I.E. this probably means that God saw to it that you reached maturity.

וויכוננך. לקבל התיקון:

6AND ESTABLISHED THEE.⁷³. I.E. renders this, and prepared you. For full development.⁷⁴