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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 32:26/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״ב:כ״ו
אכי לא יכול לו. המלאך:
1THAT HE PREVAILED NOT AGAINST HIM. The angel against Jacob.
בויגע בכף יריכו. של יעקב:
2HE TOUCHED THE HOLLOW OF HIS THIGH. Jacob’s thigh.
גותקע. כמו "פן תקע נפשי ממך" (ירמי' ו יח), סרה כף הירך ממקומה:
3WAS STRAINED. Va-teka (was strained) is similar to teka (be moved)48 and means was moved (Cherez, Weiser). J.P.S. renders it as alienated. in Lest My soul be moved (teka) from thee (Jer. 6:8). The hollow of Jacob’s thigh moved out of its place.