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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 27:33/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ז:ל״ג
אמי אפוא. מי זה ואנה הוא שתי מלות
1WHO THEN IS HE. Mi efoh hu (who then is he?) should be interpreted as follows: who is he and where is he?48 (who is he) and efo hu (where is he). The hu following efoh also applies to mi (Krinsky, Cherez). Mi efo hu literally means who where is he. Hence I.E.’s comment. The word efoh (then) is made up of two words.49 is made up of ayeh (where) and poh (here) (Weiser).
בוי"ו ואברכהו קמוץ בעבור היותו פועל עבר ואלו היה בפתח גדול היה לעתיד:
2The vav of va-varakhehu (and have blessed him) is vocalized with a kamatz because va-avarakhehu is a perfect. Had the vav been vocalized with a pattach, then va-avarachehu would be an imperfect.50 means I will bless him. The vav vocalized with a kamatz is a vav conversive and changes I will bless him to I blessed him. If the vav were vocalized with a pattach it would be a connective vav, and va-avarakhehu would mean, and I will bless him.