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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 43:8/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״ג:ח׳
אגם אנחנו. דרך לשון הקדש להוסיף גם ראשון כמו משל בנו גם אתה (שופ' ה כב):
1BOTH WE. It is Hebrew style to add gam1 (also we), gam attah (also you), gam tappenu (also our little ones). (also) even to the first of a series of items.2 means also. Hence it does not belong before the first of a series of items. Nevertheless, it is Hebrew style to place gam before the first particular in a series for purposes of emphasis (Weiser). Compare, Rule over us, also (gam) thou, also (gam) thy son, also (gam) thy son’s son (Jud. 8:22).