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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 41:38/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״א:ל״ח
אהנמצא כזה. בנין נפעל, והוא פועל עבר, כאומר הנמצא בעולם כזה, ויתכן להיות הנו"ן סימן המדברים, הנמצא אנחנו כזה דברי פרעה אל עבדיו:
1CAN WE FIND SUCH A ONE AS THIS. Nimtza (we find) is a nifal perfect and the meaning of ha-nimtza kha-zeh ish (can we find such a one as this) is, was such a one as this ever found in the world. It is also possible that the nun of nimtza is a first person plural prefix.56 is prefixed to the Hebrew root in the first person plural imperfect. According to this interpretation nimtza is a kal. In this case the word ha-nimtza (can we find) relates to what Pharaoh said to his servants.57 can either be a third person singular nifal perfect or a first person plural kal imperfect. In the first instance it means was found, and relates to kha-zeh ish (such a one as this); in the second, it means we will find, and it relates to Pharaoh and his servants.