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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 30:25/אבן עזרא על שמות ל׳:כ״ה
אועשית, רוקח מרקחת, כמו מקטר קטרת (למעלה פ', א):
1AND THOU SHALT MAKE IT…A PERFUME COMPOUNDED AFTER THE ART OF THE PERFUMER. Rokach mirkachat (a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer) is similar to miktar ketoret (to burn incense) (v. 1).124 is an infinitive in the form of a noun. So is miktar (see I.E. on verse 1). Thus rokach mirkachat means to make a perfume. See I.E.’s short commentary on Exodus.
בוטעם שמן משחת קדש. הוא שמזכיר אחר זה:
2[IT SHALL BE A HOLY ANOINTING OIL.] This is what Scripture refers to next.125 refers to the anointing oil.