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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 32:9/אבן עזרא על דברים ל״ב:ט׳
אחבל. כמו גורל כמו חבלים. כי בחבל ימודו הארץ:
1THE LOT. Chevel (lot) means a section.105 is a cord. Hence I.E.’s comment. Compare, chavalim (the lines) (Ps. 16:6). A section is so called because land is measured with a cord.106 refers to a portion of land measured by a line, to which one is assigned by lot.