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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 38:14/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״ח:י״ד

אותכס. פועל יוצא, וטעמו ותכס עצמה:

1AND COVERED HERSELF. Ve-tekhas is a transitive verb. It means and covered herself.²⁸ (covered) is not followed by the object. I.E. points out that even though va-tekhas is not followed by the object it is transitive and the object has to be supplied by the reader, i.e., translate va-tekhas, and she covered herself.

בותתעלף. טעמו שהסתירה פניה, וכן ויתעלף (יונה ד ח), הסתיר פניו בבגדיו, וקרוב מהם מעולפת ספירים (ש"ה ה יד):

2AND WRAPPED HERSELF. The meaning of va-titallaf (she wrapped herself) is she hid her face. Va-yitallaf (Jonah 4:8) is similar. Its meaning is, Jonah hid his face in his garments. Similar in meaning both to our verse and Jon. (4:8) is the word me’ullefet (overlaid) in Overlaid (me’ullefet) with sapphires (Cant. 5:14).

גבפתח עינים. שם מקום, וי"א כי שני מעינות מים הי' בדרך, ויש להם כדמות פתח ומשם יעבור יהודה בשובו אל מקומו:

3IN THE ENTRANCE OF ENAIM. Enaim is the name of a place. Others say that there were two springs with a door-like entrance on the road which Judah had to pass on his return to his home.²⁹ is the plural of ayin (a spring) and petach enayim should thus be rendered: at the entrance of the wells.