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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 11:9/אבן עזרא על שמות י״א:ט׳
אויאמר. כמנהג העברים, כמשפט הלשון, וכבר אמר השם ורבים כמוהו:
1AND THE LORD SAID. According to the manner of the Hebrews and the rules of language this is to be rendered: and the Lord had already said.43 can be either a perfect or a pluperfect. Here it must be a pluperfect, as God had already told what is reported in our verse to Moses in verse 1. There are many other such instances.