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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 25:2/אבן עזרא על שמות כ״ה:ב׳
אמלת ויקחו לי. כגזרת סורה אלי (שופ' ד יח) שיסור הנקרא ממקומו ויקרב אליו, וככה שיקח מאתו ויתן לי, וככה קחי נא לי מעט מים (מ"א יז י):
1[THAT THEY TAKE FOR ME.] The words ve-yikchu li (that they take for Me)3 is similar to the form surah elai4 (turn in to me) (Jud. 4:18). Surah elai means turn from your place and come to me.5 Ve-yikchu li has a similar connotation. It means let him6 take from what he owns and give it to me.7 is short for: that they take from what they own and give to me. The same is true of Fetch me (kechi li), I pray thee, a little water (I Kings 17:10).8