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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 33:23/אבן עזרא על דברים ל״ג:כ״ג
אשבע רצון. שם התאר. וכן הוא יהיה שבע רצון:
1SATISFIED WITH FAVOR. Seva ratzon (satisfied) is an adjective. It means he will be sated with favor.157 is not to be taken as an imperative with our verse meaning Naphtali be satisfied with God’s favor.
בים ודרום. שנחלתו יהיה מערבית דרומית:
2THE SEA AND SOUTH. Yam158 (sea) as west. ve-darom (the sea and south) means that Naphtali’s inheritance shall be in the southwest.159