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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 27:3/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ז:ג׳
אכליך. יתכן היותו שם כלל והפרט תליך וקשתך, ותליך האשפה התלויה ששם החצים, או תליך כמו חרב ויחסרו וי"ו מן תליך, "כאדם שת אנוש" (דה"א א א):
1THY WEAPONS. Khelekha (thy weapons) is possibly a general term, the particulars being thy quiver and thy bow.2 Telyekha (thy quiver) is a sheath hanging3 means to hang. from its bearer wherein arrows are placed. On the other hand, khelekha may refer to a sword.4. 38 text. The printed texts have telyekha referring to a sword. If this reading is accepted, why does I.E. say a vav should have been placed before telyekha? The first particular following a general term does not require a vav, as I.E. himself implies in his comment on Gen. 26:5. Furthermore, why should a vav be placed before telyekha if it means a sword and not if it means a quiver? For an attempt to explain the printed texts see Krinsky and Cherez. However, for the impossibility of the printed versions see Filwarg. The reading of Vat. Ebr. 38 seems correct. However, in this case a conjunctive vav should have been placed in front of telyekha.5 should be placed before quiver as it is before bow. The verse should read: take thy sword and thy quiver (ve-telyekha) and thy bow. Nevertheless, it does not refute the latter interpretation, for we find a similar instance in Adam, Seth, Enosh (I Chron. 1:1).6 before the final two. The text should have read: Adam and Seth and Enosh. We thus see that Scripture at times leaves out the conjunctive vav.