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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 14:11/אבן עזרא על שמות י״ד:י״א

אויאמרו. מצאנו בלשון הקדש מלות שהם מענין אחד שניהם נחברים, והאחד יספיק, והנה זאת המבלי אין קברים, כמו הרק אך במשה (במד' יב ב):

1AND THEY SAID. We find that the holy tongue employs two words with one meaning back to back when one would suffice. Now the phrase ha-mibbeli en kevarim (because there were no graves)⁴² and en mean the same thing. is similar to ha-rak akh be-mosheh (only with Moses?) (Num. 12:2).⁴³ and akh mean the same thing.

בלהוציאנו. בקמץ גדול תחת קמץ קטן, כמו ואומר אין רואָני (ישעי' מז י):

2TO BRING US FORTH. Le-hotzi’anu (to bring us forth) is vocalized with a long kamatz in place of a tzere.⁴⁴. According to the rules of Hebrew grammar the word should be le-hotzi’eni. Compare, hotzi’eni (Ps. 25:17); ve-hotzie’ni (I Kings 22:34). It is similar to ro’ani (seeth me)⁴⁵ has been substituted for a tzere. The word should have read, ro’eni. Compare, ro’enu (Is. 29:15). in Thou hast said:⁴⁶ None seeth me (Is. 47:10).