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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 33:12/אבן עזרא על דברים ל״ג:י״ב
אלבנימן אמר. בעבור בנימין שהוא ידיד השם ישכון בנימין לבטח על השם והשם שוכן בין כתיפיו:
1OF BENJAMIN HE SAID. Le-vinyamin means of Benjamin.117 usually means to. Hence I.E.’s comment. Moses said of Benjamin, who is the beloved of the Lord,118 should be interpreted, le-vinyamin yedid Adonai amar. Benjamin shall dwell in safety by God, and God shall dwell between his shoulders.
בחופף עליו. על הכבוד שהיה דר בירושלם בחלק בנימין כי כן כתוב:
2HE COVERETH HIM. The reference is to God’s glory which, as Scripture writes,119 dwelled in Benjamin’s portion, in Jerusalem.
גוטעם בין כתפיו. באמצע נחלתו או שהיה נראה גם להיות דבק עם חופף:
3The meaning of between his shoulders is, in the center of his inheritance. Or between his shoulders means that God’s glory was visible.120 Furthermore, between his shoulders is also connected to covereth.121 is to be interpreted, He covereth him, and dwelleth between his shoulders all the day (Krinsky).