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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 36:2/אבן עזרא על שמות ל״ו:ב׳
אויקרא, ה"א לקרבה. נוסף כמו ולדבקה בו (דבר' יא, כב), וחכם גדול טעה שאמר כי כמוהו, לשמור את בריתי לעמדה (יחז' יז יד) כי הוא מפיק ה"א ומלת עומד עומדת על כן הפי' לעמוד בה:
1CALLED. The heh of the word le-korvah (to come) is superfluous. It is like the heh in the word u-le-dovkah (and to cleave)3 in and to cleave unto Him (Deut. 11:22). A great scholar erred in saying that the word le-omdah (it might stand) (Ezek. 17:14) is similar, for the heh in le-omdah has a mappik4 in it.5 with a mappik means it. Omed is an intransitive verb.6 with a mappik suffixed to it. The heh with a mappik usually indicates the direct object. The meaning of le-omdah (it might stand) is therefore7 is intransitive. to stand by it.8 with a mappik does not mean to stand it but to stand by it, for omed is intransitive (see note 6). I.E. interprets Ezek. 17:14 as follows: To keep his covenant and to stand (abide) by it.