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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 27:12/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ז:י״ב

אימושני. כמו יסובני מבעלי הכפל,:

1WILL FEEL ME. Yemusheni (will feel me) is similar to yesubeni (compasseth me about)¹⁰, too, has a root (samech, bet, bet) whose second and third letters are the same (Weiser). Yemusheni follows the paradigm of yesubeni (Cherez). (Ps. 49:6). It belongs to those roots whose second and third letters are the same.¹¹ root is mem, shin, shin.

בכמתעתע. כפול מגזרת תועה כאיש שמתעה אחר:

2AS A MOCKER. The root of ki-metate’a (as a mocker) is doubled.¹². The heh drops out and the tav ayin are doubled making for a quadriliteral (Weiser, Cherez). It comes from the same root as to’eh (err). The meaning of ki-metate’a is: as one who misleads his fellow man.