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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 17:11/אבן עזרא על בראשית י״ז:י״א
אונמלתם כמו ושמרתם, והנו"ן שרש וכן לא ידון רוחי (בראשית ו, ג) עם "נִדְנֶה" (דניאל ז טו):
1AND YE SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED. U-nemaltem (and ye shall be circumcised) is similar to u-shemartem (and ye shall keep).13 is a kal. Similarly u-nemaltem (and ye shall be circumcised) is a kal, meaning: and ye shall circumcise. The nun of u-nemaltem is a root letter.14. There are thus two roots meaning to circumcise, viz., nun, mem, lamed and mem, vav, lamed. (See I.E.’s comments on verse 10 and note 10). Yadon (shall be sheathed) in My spirit shall not be sheathed (yadon) (Gen. 6:3) and nidneh (sheath) (Dan. 7:15) are similar.15 (Dan. 7:15) and dalet, vav, nun, yadon (Gen. 6:3). (Rendering Gen. 6:3 according to I.E. See I.E. on Gen. 6:3).