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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 4:32/אבן עזרא על דברים ד׳:ל״ב
אכי שאל נא. לימים. שאל עתה:
1FOR ASK NOW OF THE DAYS PAST. She’al na means ask now.65 means now. See I.E. on Gen. 12:11 (Vol 1, p. 154).
בלמן היום. הלמ״ד נוסף וכן רבים או היא דרך צחות:
2SINCE THE DAY. The lamed of le-min (since) is superfluous.66 literally means to-from. Hence I.E.’s comment that le-min is to be interpreted as if written from (or since). There are many such examples.67 On the other hand, it may be there for literary purposes.68, and other lameds in our verse.
גולמקצה השמים. רמז לאויר כאשר פירשתי שיש לו קצוות:
3AND FROM THE ONE END OF HEAVEN. Heaven, as I have explained, refers to the air,69 which has ends.70 rather than ketzot ha-shemesh.
דהנהיה. בימיו:
4WHETHER THERE HATH BEEN. In his days.
האו הנשמע כמוהו. ומה הוא ששמע עם:
5OR HATH BEEN HEARD LIKE IT. The reference being to Did ever a people hear…(v. 33).