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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 29:6/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ט:ו׳
אוהנה רחל בתו באה. מלרע שהוא תואר השם כמו פועל:
1AND, BEHOLD, RACHEL HIS DAUGHTER COMETH. The accent is on the last syllable in the word ba’ah (cometh) because it is a participle. It is similar to words in the po’el form.12 is the participle form of whole roots (shelamim) in the kal. The term used by I.E. for participle is shem to’ar, which literally means adjective. I.E. is of the opinion that all participles are also adjectives (Weiser). For an explanation of the participle in Biblical Hebrew, see Biblical Hebrew by R.K. Harrison. Filwarg renders this passage: “ba’ah is an adjective, adjectives having the same meaning in Hebrew as participles.”