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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 3:16/אבן עזרא על בראשית ג׳:ט״ז
אהַרְבֶּה אַרְבֶּה, שם הפועל:
1I WILL GREATLY MULTIPLY. Harbah (multiply) is an infinitive.
בעצבונך. בעת הענוי, בצאת דם בתולים:
2THY PAIN. The pain a woman suffers when she is deflowered.44
גוהרונך. הנו"ן נוסף, כי ההריון כבד על האשה וכן הלידה:
3AND THY TRAVAIL. The nun of ve-heronekh (and thy travail) is not a root letter.45. Herayon refers to pregnancy and childbirth. Pregnancy is considered by our verse to be a punishment because it and childbirth are a burden to women.46 (Gen. 49:25).
דתשוקתך. משמעתך, והטעם שתשמעי כל אשר יצוה עליך כי את ברשותו לעשות חפצו:
4THY DESIRE. Thy obedience.47 to mean your husband’s desire will be your desire. Weiser suggests that the woman’s desire for her husband will be so strong that she will listen to everything that he commands her. This means you will obey whatever your husband commands you for you are under his authority to do his will.