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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 2:20/אבן עזרא על שמות ב׳:כ׳
אויאמר אל בנותיו. אבי האב יקרא אב כמו אלהי אבי אברהם (ברא' לב י) גם נבוכדנצר אבוך (דניאל ה יה) ובן הבן יקרא בן, וככה הבנות בנותי והבנים בני (ברא' לא מג), "ואנת בְרֵה בלשצר" (דניאל ה כב):
1AND HE SAID UNTO HIS DAUGHTERS. A grandfather is often called a father. Examples of the aforementioned are: O God of my father Abraham (Gen. 32:9)154 and Nebuchadnezzar thy father (Daniel 5:18).155 Similarly, a grandson is called a son. Examples of the latter are: The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children (Gen. 31:43)156 and And thou his son, O Belshazzar (Dan. 5:22).157
בויאמר, הנה תפס הכתוב דרך קצרה שלא הזכיר ותקראנה לו, כי ידוע הוא מדרך הסברא:
2AND HE SAID. Behold, Scripture is being brief. It does not mention that they called Moses,158. The next verse opens, And Moses was content to dwell with the man. Scripture thus omits that Reuel’s daughters called Moses and invited him to eat bread. for we may logically infer that they did so.
גקִרֶאן לו. מלה זרה בעבור שאין על משקלה:
3CALL HIM. Kiren (call) is irregular, as it does not follow its normal paradigm.159 is kirenah. Thus kiren is irregular.