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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 18:6/אבן עזרא על בראשית י״ח:ו׳
אלושי. כמו ותלש:
1KNEAD IT. Lushi (knead it) is like va-talash (and kneaded it) (I Sam. 28:24).10 means to knead, as in I Sam. 28:24. Since the root lamed, vav, shin is not often found in Scripture, I.E. quotes an additional verse to illustrate its meaning (Filwarg). Cherez explains that since lushi is a transitive verb we would expect to find the object “dough,” i.e., knead the dough, as in and the women knead the dough (Jer. 7:18). Hence I.E. points out that occasionally the word dough is left out, as in I Sam. 28:24.