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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 25:29/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ה:כ״ט
אוהוא עיף. כטעם "בארץ עיפה" (ישעי, לב ב) רעב וצמא:
1AND HE WAS FAINT. Ayef57 (faint) may imply faint from exertion or faint from lack of food or water. Here it means the latter (Krinsky). However, Weiser maintains that I.E. holds that ayef applies only to faintness due to lack of food and water. (faint) means hungry and thirsty, as in be-eretz ayefah (in a weary land) (Is. 32:2).58 is a land lacking in food and water.