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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 40:13/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ׳:י״ג

אישא פרעה את ראשך. ירים, הנכון שהוא בדרך מספר, והעד "וישא את ראש שר המשקים, ואת ראש שר האופים בתוך עבדיו" (בראשית מ כ) ובפ' כי תשא אפרש זה:

1SHALL PHARAOH LIFT UP THY HEAD. Yissa means shall lift up.²² In its correct sense, yissa means to lift up by counting. ²³ Proof of this is Scripture stating, and he lifted up (va-yissa) the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants (v. 20).²⁴ must mean and he counted because Pharaoh did not exalt the chief baker. I will explain this term in my comments on the Torah portion Ki Tissa (Ex. 30:12).²⁵

בכנך. משמרתך הראשונה, ומכונתך ומתכונתך, ויתכן להיותו מן גזרת כן, וכמוהו "ועמד על כנו" (דניאל יא כ):

2THINE OFFICE. Kannekha means thy previous station, thy place,²⁶. Compare, mekhunatah in Zech. 5:11. thy state.²⁷. Compare, matkunto in II Chron. 24:13. I.E. is saying is that kannekha (thine office) is similar to mekhunatah and matkunto. However, I.E. changes the pronominal suffixes. Kannekha most likely comes from the same root as ken (a base, a pedestal) (I Kings 7:29). The word kanno (in his place) in Then shall stand up in his place (kanno) (Dan. 11:20) is analogous.