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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 33:11/אבן עזרא על דברים ל״ג:י״א

אברך ה' חילו. הבכורים והמעשר:

1BLESS, LORD, HIS SUBSTANCE. The first-born and the tithe.

בופעל ידיו. הקרבנות:

2THE WORK OF HIS HANDS. The sacrifices.

גמחץ מתנים. הטעם מחץ קמיו:

3SMITE THROUGH THE LOINS. Smite them that rise against him.

דמן יקומון. מן אשר יקומון עליהם כמו לים מכסי':

4THAT THEY RISE NOT AGAIN. Min yekumun¹¹⁴ literally means of them will arise against them. (that they rise not again) means of those that will rise against them.¹¹⁵ is short for min asher yekumun alehem, that is, of them that will arise against them. Yekumun is a variation of yakum (they shall arise). Compare, la-yam mekhassim (cover the sea) (Is. 11:9).¹¹⁶ is to be read as if written asher la-yam mekhassim, i.e., that cover the sea.