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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 32:17/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״ב:י״ז
אורֶוַח תשימו. הפרש, וקרוב ממנו "כי היתה הרוחה" (שמות ח יא), הפרשה בין מכה למכה כמו "וְרָוַח לשאול" (ש"א טז כג):
1AND PUT A SPACE. The word revach means a space. Harevachah (respite) in That there was respite (harevachah) (Ex. 8:11) is close in meaning to it. The meaning of the latter is, there was a separation between one plague and the other. It is similar to ve-ravach (found relief) in so Saul found relief (ve-ravach le-sha’ul) (I Sam. 16:23).33 can refer to physical space, or space in time, to relief.