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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 27:36/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ז:ל״ו
אהכי. כמו אמת וכן "הכי אחי אתה" (בראשית כט טו):
1IS NOT HE RIGHTLY. Ha-khi is to be rendered as truly. Ha-khi in Thou art truly (ha-chi) my brother (Gen. 29:15) is similar.
בקרא. הקורא שמו יעקב:
2NAMED. Someone named him Jacob.51 (named) is omitted. Hence kara should be rendered, someone named him. According to I.E. ha-khi kara shemo ya’akov (is he not rightly named Jacob) means, someone truly named him Jacob. Cf. Kimchi.
גויעקבני. כמו מרמה וכן "בעקבה" (מ"ב י יט), ויתכן היותו מגזרת "עקוב הלב" (ירמי' יז ט), והעקוב הפך המישור:
3FOR HE HATH SUPPLANTED ME. Va-yakeveni (for he hath supplanted me) is to be rendered: for he hath deceived me. Ve-okbah (in subtlety) in But Jehu did it in subtlety (ve-okbah) (II Kings 10:19) is similar.52 It is possible that it comes from the same root as akov (deceitful) in The heart is deceitful (akov) (Jer. 17:9). Akov is the opposite of mishor (straight).53 (and the rugged shall be made level). We thus see that akov is the opposite of mishor.
דאצלת לי. עזבת לי אצלך, והוא מגזרת "ואצלתי מן הרוח" (במדבר יא יז):
4RESERVED A BLESSING FOR ME. Kept with yourself (etzlekha) a blessing for me. Atzalta (reserved) comes from the same root as ve-atzalti (and I will take) in And I will take (ve-atzalti) of the spirit which is upon thee (Num. 11:17).54 means near. Ve-atzalti literally means: I will take from that which is near thee. Atzalta (reserved) means kept near you. Cf. I.E. on Num. 11:17.