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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 29:27/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ט:כ״ז

אמלא שבוע זאת. ז' ימי המשתה. וזאת על לאה:

1FULFILL THE WEEK OF THIS ONE. The seven days of the marriage feast. Zot (this one) refers to Leah.²⁶. One might think that zot refers to shevu’a, i.e., fulfill this week; hence I.E.’s comment that zot refers to Leah. The reason for the preceding is that shevu’a is vocalized with a sheva; hence it is in the construct with zot, i.e., the week of this one. If it meant this week it should have read: shavu’a zot. Furthermore, the Hebrew word for week is masculine; if the Bible wanted to say this week it would have read shavu’a zeh since zot is feminine (Krinsky).