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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 21:16/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״א:ט״ז
אכמטחוי קשת. בדד ישב, וטעמו ידוע כהשלכת החץ:
1AS IT WERE A BOWSHOT. Ki-metachave (as it were a shot) is not found elsewhere in the Bible. Its definition is known.10 It means the distance an arrow travels after being shot.