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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 2:21/אבן עזרא על בראשית ב׳:כ״א
אויפל. מהבנין הכבד הנוסף,, וכן "וישב אותם אברם" (בראשית טו יא),
1AND THE LORD GOD CAUSED A DEEP SLEEP TO FALL. Va-yappel (caused to fall) is a hifil, as is va-yashev (drove away) in and Abram drove them away (Gen. 15:11).79 and va-yappel are hifils whose first root letter is a nun. The root of the former is nun, shin, bet and of the latter, nun, peh, lamed.
בתרדמה, יותר משינה, ושינה יותד מתנומה, והתי"ו נוסף,
2A DEEP SLEEP. Tardemah is a deeper sleep than shenah, and shenah is a deeper sleep than tenumah.80 and tenumah. The tav of tardemah (deep sleep) is not part of its root.81.
גאחת מצלעותיו, שתי צלעות היו כענין ולצלע המשכן השנית (שמות כו ו), ומלת צלע לשון נקבה, והטעם צד,
3ONE OF HIS RIBS. Adam had two sides.82 as rib, I.E. as side. Tzela here is like tzela (side) in and for the second side (tzela) of the tabernacle (Ex. 26:20).83 18a) that man was originally created male and female. God then separated the one female side from the male side (Krinsky). Tzela is a feminine noun. It means a side.
דתחתנה, מקומה והוא לשון יחיד הנו"ן נוסף ותחתיה לשון רבים, וכן תחתני גם תחתי:
4INSTEAD THEREOF. Tachtennah means in its place. Tachtennah (instead thereof) spelled with a superfluous nun is in the singular. Tachtehah is its plural form. Tachteni (under me) and tachtai (under me)84 are similar.85, the singular form, has the superfluous nun; tachtai, its plural form, does not (Weiser).