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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 19:8/אבן עזרא על שמות י״ט:ח׳

איחדו. הוא מלה יחידה במקרא בדקדוק בעבור תוספת הוי"ו ויפת אמר כאדם יחיד לבדו, לא יהיה משנה שם:

1TOGETHER. The word yachdav (together) is grammatically unique⁶² in Scripture because of the added vav.⁶³ serves no purpose. The word should have read yachad. Yefet explains it to mean alone, by oneself, without anybody else there.⁶⁴ does not mean together, which is the meaning of yachad, but as one person. For the differences in nuance see I.E. on Gen. 13:6, note 10.

בוהזכיר וישב, ואין צורך להזכיר ויעל, כי הכתוב אחז דרך קצרה:

2[REPORTED.] Scripture mentions, and Moses reported, but has no need to mention that Moses went up⁶⁵ because Scripture is being brief.