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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 12:37/אבן עזרא על שמות י״ב:ל״ז
אויסעו. היו הסמ"ך ראוי להדגש בהתבלע הנו"ן כמו ויגשו (ברא' יט ט) ויתנו (שם לה ד), אולי בא כן להקל על הלשון:
1AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL JOURNEYED. The samekh in the word va-yisu (journeyed)441. should have received a dagesh to compensate for the missing nun,442 in va-yisu. A missing first root letter is compensated for by placing a dagesh in the second stem letter. as the gimel in va-yiggeshu (and drew near)443. In va-yiggeshu the nun drops out and is compensated for by a dagesh in the gimel. (Gen. 44:18) and the tav in va-yittenu (and they gave)444. (Gen. 35:4) do. It is possible that the dagesh was omitted to simplify enunciation.
במרעמסס בפתח תחת הרי"ש, ושו"א תחת העין, והוא שם מחוז ולא עיר:
2FROM RAMESES. Rameses is vocalized with a pattach beneath the resh and a sheva beneath the ayin. It is not a city445 but rather the name of a district.446
גסכתה. אל סכות:
3TO SUCCOTH. Sukkotah means: to Succoth.447 at the end of the word is like a lamed at the beginning of a word; i.e., it means to.
דוזכר הגברים, ואין צורך להזכיר הנשים, כי הם כמו הם, או יותר:
4[MEN.] Scripture mentions men. There was no need to mention the women because there were as many women as there were men, maybe even more.448
הלבד מטף. שהוא פחות מכ' שנה:
5BESIDE CHILDREN. Taf (children) refers to those under the age of twenty.449