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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 31:39/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״א:ל״ט
אאנכי אחטנה. אם היתה טריפה החטא היה עלי ופרעה כמוה:
1I BORE THE LOSS OF IT. If any of the flock was torn by beasts, I bore the guilt61 (I bore the loss of it) is a denominative of chet (sin). Hence achatennah means I was guilty for it, the sin, was on me and I thus had to make it up and replace it. and I gave you its equivalent.
בגנבתי יום. היו"ד נוסף כיו"ד מלאתי (ישעי' א כא), וכן הוא גנובת יום או לילה מידי תבקשנה::
2STOLEN BY DAY. The yod of genuveti (stolen) is superfluous. It is similar to the yod of mele’ati (full of) (Is. 1:21).62 has the same meaning as genuvat. Mele’ati has the same meaning as mele’at. The meaning of our verse is: whether stolen by day or by night,63 (stolen by day and stolen by night). I.E. points out that the vav does not mean “and” but that it means “or” or “whether.” That is, it made no difference to you whether it was stolen during the day or night. of my hand didst thou require it.