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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 38:29/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״ח:כ״ט
אמה פרצת. כאדם שיפרוץ נדר ויצא ממנו והנה יש עליך משפט זה הפרץ, ואחרים אמרו שהוא כמו ופרצת (בראשית כח יד) והגאון אמר כי מה פרצת כמשמעו, רק עליך פרץ מגזרת "ויפרץ לרב" (בראשית ל, ל):
1WHEREFORE HAST THOU MADE A BREACH. Mah paratzta, alekhah paretz means, wherefore hast thou acted like a man who breaches a fence and goes through it. You are now responsible for the breach.40 Others say that paratzta is the same as u-faratzta (and thou shalt spread abroad) (Gen. 28:14).41 (wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself) being, wherefore hast thou spread abroad, indeed thou wilt spread abroad (Filwarg). Saadiah Gaon explains that paratzta is to be interpreted literally as meaning to make a breach but that paretz in alekhah paretz has the same meaning as va-yifrotz (it hath increased) in and hath increased (va-yifrotz) abundantly (Gen. 30:30).42 is, wherefore has thou made a breach, indeed thou wilt increase (Filwarg).