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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 27:27/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ז:כ״ז
אנשיקה עם למ"ד ביד או בכתף או בצואר ובלי למ"ד בפה:
1[AND KISSED HIM.] When the word kiss is followed by a lamed it means to kiss upon the hand, shoulder or neck; when it is not followed by a lamed it indicates a mouth to mouth kiss.35
בוַיָרַח. בפתח הרי"ש בעבור אות הנרון וכן "וַיָנַע לבבו" (ישעי' ז ב) "וַיָנַח בכל גבול מצרים" (שמות יו"ד י) וכולם מהשניים הנראים:
2AND HE SMELLED. The resh of va-yarach (and he smelled) is vocalized with a pattach because it precedes a gutteral.36 is an ayin vav in the hifil. Ayin vavs in the hifil are usually vocalized with a segol. Compare, va-yashev, va-yarem (Cherez). Va-yana (was moved) and va-yanach (and rested), in And his heart was moved (va-yana) (Is. 7:2) and and rested (va-yanach) in all the borders of Egypt (Ex. 10:14),37 and va-yanach are vocalized with pattachs because they end in gutturals, va-yana with an ayin, va-yanach with a chet. are similar. All of the above come from roots whose middle letter is a vav.38 comes from the root resh, vav, chet, va-yana from nun, vav, ayin and va-yanach from nun, vav, chet.
גראה. דבור עם הלב, והיה ריח טוב בבגדים כאשר חשב בלבו שהוא עשו והוא בא מהשדה, הריחו בגדיו כריח ציצי האילנים כי יתכן כי זה המעשה היה בחודש הראשון:
3SEE. Isaac said this to himself.39 The garments gave off a pleasant odor when Isaac thought in his heart that it was Esau before him and that Esau had just come in from the field.40 The garments gave off the scent of trees in blossom since it is possible that this episode took place in the first month.41