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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 34:22/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״ד:כ״ב

איאותו. מגזרת "כי לך יאתה" (ירמי' יו"ד ז) והנוח הנעלם אחר האות המשרת תחת פ"א הפעל:

1WILL THE MEN CONSENT. Ye’otu (consent) comes from the same root as ya’atah (befitteth) in For it befitteth (ya’atah) Thee (Jer. 10:7).²⁰ (Krinsky). The yod prefix is vocalized with a tzere²¹ (Cherez). to compensate for the missing first root letter.²².

בבהמול. מפורש, והנה הם חשבו רעה על יעקב ובניו שאמרו מקניהם וקנינם:

2BE CIRCUMCISED. The word be-himmol (be circumcised) has already been explained.²³ Shechem and Hamor had evil designs on Jacob and his sons for they said, Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours (v. 22)?²⁴