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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 32:17/אבן עזרא על שמות ל״ב:י״ז

אוישמע יהושע. שנשאר בתחתית ההר:

1AND WHEN JOSHUA HEARD. And when Joshua, who remained at the foot of the mountain, heard.

בברעה. מגזרת תרועה כמו אשא דעי (איוב לו ג) שהוא מן ידע, ככה יאמר מן רעה ירע וכמוהו למה תריעי רֵעַ (מיכה ד ט):

2AS THEY SHOUTED. The word be-re’o (as they shouted) is related to the word tru’ah (shouting).⁹⁷ is resh, vav, ayin. The root of be-re’o is yod, resh, ayin. However, both roots are related because the vav and yod interchange, as does their place in the stem (Weiser). As the word de’iy (my knowledge) in I will fetch my knowledge from afar (Job. 36:3) is derived from yada, so is the word yara derived from re’o.⁹⁸ (my knowledge) being derived from the root yod, dalet, ayin. Hence Weiser and Krinsky suggest emending to: so is the word re’o derived from yara. See note 97. The same applies to lamah tri’iy re’a (why dost thou cry out aloud) (Micah 4:9).⁹⁹ comes from the root yod, resh, ayin. However, tri’iy like taru’ah comes from resh, vav, ayin. However, both roots have one meaning.