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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 25:30/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ה:ל׳

אהלעיטני. אין לו חבר והטעם האכילני

1LET ME SWALLOW. This is the only place in Scripture where the word, haliteni (let me swallow) is encountered.⁵⁹ Its meaning is feed me.

בוטעם נזיר תבשיל רק ויזד מהשניים הנחים והם שני שרשים והפירוש אחר, וכן "לא ידון רוחי" (בראשית ו ג) עם "נדנה" (דה"א כא כז):

2Nazid (pottage) means a cooked dish. However, va-yazed (sod) is an ayin vav. They are two roots with one meaning.⁶⁰ is nun, zayin, dalet. The root of va-yazid is zayin, vav, dalet. Both relate to cooking. The meaning of va-yazed ya’akov nazid is: And Jacob cooked a cooked dish. Yadon (shall abide) in My spirit shall not abide (yadon) (Gen. 6:3) and nedanah (the sheath thereof) (I Chron. 21:27)⁶¹ are similar.