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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 35:7/אבן עזרא על שמות ל״ה:ז׳
אוערת. זכרים כמו לוחות ובכורות בקרך (דבר' יד כג):
1AND SKINS. The word orot (skins) is masculine.27 (skin) is masculine. Luchot (tables) is similar.28 is masculine even though it has a feminine ending, for the word lu’ach (tablet) is masculine. So is bechorot (firstlings) in and the firstlings of…thy flock (Deut. 14:23).29 is masculine even though it has a feminine ending, for the word bechor (firstling) is masculine.
בשטים. במ"ם כמו נשים:
2ACACIA-WOOD. Shittim (acacia),30, which is a feminine noun. Feminine nouns usually end in a tav in the future. Hence I.E.’s comment. like the word nashim (women), is spelled with a mem.31