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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 24:49/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ד:מ״ט
אחסד. דבר שאינו חיוב:
1KINDLY. Chesed (kindly) denotes an act which one is not obligated to perform.
בואמת. לקיים דבר החסד, והמלה מגזרת אמונה והתי"ו לשון נקבה:
2AND TRULY. Emet (truly) denotes keeping the promise to deal kindly. The word emet comes from the same root as emunah (steadfastness).47. The tav of emet is the sign of the feminine.48 is alef, mem, nun, where does the tav come from? I.E. points out that it is the sign of the feminine. The word should read amenet. However, the nun of the root is dropped (Krinsky).