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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 44:16/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״ד:ט״ז
אטי"ת נצטדק. תחת תי"ו התפעל בעבור הצדי"ק:
1[CLEAR OURSELVES.] There is a tet in place of the tav of the hitpa’el conjugation in the word nitztaddak (clear ourselves) because the first root letter is a tzadi.
בהאלהים מצא. על דרך משל, כי עון היה לנו וכאלו נשכח ואיננו והיום נמצא,
2GOD HAS FOUND OUT THE INIQUITY OF THY SERVANTS. They spoke by way of parable.6 is God, as it were, found (Krinsky). We committed a sin and it was, as it were, lost and long forgotten, but found today.
גאו יהיה פי' עון עבדיך, כמו גדול עוני מנשוא (בראשית ד' יג):
3Or the iniquity of thy servants means the punishment of thy servants, as in My iniquity is greater than I can bear (Gen. 4:13).7) at times has the meaning of punishment.