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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 37:26/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״ז:כ״ו
אמה בצע. מה תועלת וקרוב מטעם חפץ, וכן מה בצע בדמי (תהלים ל י):
1WHAT PROFIT. Mah betza means what profit. Betza (profit) is close in meaning to chefetz (desire). What profit (betza) is there in my blood (Ps. 30:10) is similar.43? Hence what desire (mah betza) is there in my death? Similarly the meaning of mah betza in our verse is: what desire is there in slaying our brother.