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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 41:23/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״א:כ״ג
אצנומות. אין לו חבר במקרא, וטעמו כמו ריקות, וי"א שפירושו צלמים כי כן בלשון ישמעאל:
1WITHERED. The word tzenumot (withered) is not found elsewhere in Scripture. Its meaning is the same as that of rekot (empty).45 (empty). In our verse they are described as tzenumot. According to I.E., Joseph substituted a synonym. I.E. explains these substitutions in his comments on verse 19. Others say that tzenumot means images,46 as hard. for that is its meaning in Arabic.