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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 25:24/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ה:כ״ד
אתומים. בחסרון אל"ף השרש, כמו "אם לא שריתך לטוב" (ירמי' טו יא), שפירושו נתתי שאריתך לטוב:
1TWINS. The root letter alef is missing in the word tomim (twins). Tomim in this regard is like the word sheritikha (release thee)44 is usually spelled with an alef, which is missing in our verse. Thus tomim is like sheritikha in that the root alef is missing in both words. Tomim should have been written te’omim and sheritikha, she’eritkha. in Verily I will release thee (sheritikha) for good (Jer. 15:11), the meaning of which is: I will deal well with thy last years (she’erit).45, will be happy years. Cf. Kimchi’s comment on this verse.