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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 37:7/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״ז:ז׳
אמאלמים. מגזרת אלומים, ונמצא בלשון נקבה נושא אלומותיו (תהלים קכו ו):
1BINDING. Me’allemim (binding) comes from the same root as alummim (sheaves). The noun sheave is also found in the feminine,13 (sheaves) is masculine. compare, bearing his sheaves (alummotav) (Ps. 126:6).14 (his sheaves) is feminine.
בתסובינה. מפעלי הכפל ודגשות הבי"ת לבלוע הבי"ת:
2CAME ROUND ABOUT. Tesubbenah (came round about) comes from a root whose second and third letters are identical.15. The bet receives a dagesh to compensate for a missing bet.16 is spelled with one bet. Thus a root letter is missing. The dagesh doubles the letter and thus compensates for the missing letter.