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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 35:17/אבן עזרא על שמות ל״ה:י״ז

אאת קלעי החצר את עמודיו ואת אדניה. כמו, ורוח גדולה וחזק (מ"א יט יא) תאכלהו אש לא נפח (איוב כ כו):

1THE HANGINGS OF THE COURT, THE PILLARS THEREOF (AMMUDAV), AND THEIR SOCKETS (ADONEHAH).⁵¹ is masculine. Adonehah is feminine. Ammudav and adonehah both refer to chatzer (courtyard). Scripture thus treats chatzer both as a feminine and a masculine. Our verse is similar⁵² to and a great (gedolah)⁵³ is feminine. and strong (chazak)⁵⁴ is masculine.wind (ru’ach)⁵⁵ both as a feminine and a masculine. (I Kings 19:11) and to A fire (esh) not blown (nuppach)⁵⁶ is masculine. by man shall consume him (te’okhlehu)⁵⁷ is feminine. Scripture thus treats esh both as a feminine and a masculine. (Job 20:26).