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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 31:51/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״א:נ״א

אאשר יריתי, הוא ואחיו שירו אבנים מגזרת "ירה בים" (שמות ד טו), וידים אל מקום אחד:

1WHICH I HAVE SET UP. Laban and his brethren.⁸⁴ (which in Hebrew means I have cast) refers to the heap of stones since the pillar was set up by Jacob alone (v. 45). Laban said, I have cast, because it was Laban and his brethren who made the heap, for we read, And they took stones and made a heap (v. 46). They cast stones and formed the heap. Yariti comes from the same root as yarah⁸⁵ and it means to cast. (cast) in hath He cast (yarah) into the sea (Ex. 15:4). He cast them into one place.⁸⁶