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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 41:7/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״א:ז׳
אוטעם המלאות כמו הבריאות
1Ha-mele’ot (full) has the same meaning as ha-beri’ot (rank).12 (rank and good). Similarly verse 7 reads, ha-beri’ot ve-ha-mele’ot (rank and full). I.E. points out that beri’ot when referring to ears of corn means full because the term bari (rank), which means fat, can only be used when referring to animals; i.e., one cannot speak of a fat plant. Hence I.E. points out that here bari means full (Filwarg). Thus beri’ot ve-tovot means the same as mele’ot ve-tovot. On the other hand I.E.’s comment may pertain only to verse 7. In this case I.E. is pointing out that the Bible there uses two synonyms, mele’ot and beri’ot, for full (Weiser).