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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 5:22/אבן עזרא על בראשית ה׳:כ״ב
אחנוך בן ירד. נכתב עליו "ויתהלך חנוך את האלהים" כטעם "אחרי ד' אלהיכם תלכו" (דבר' יג ה), וכן כתוב על נח "את האלהים התהלך נח" (בראשית ו ט) וי"מ "התהלך נח" כמו הרגיל:
1ENOCH. Son of Jared. Scripture says about Enoch, And Enoch walked with God. The meaning of this is the same as the meaning of After the Lord your God shall ye walk (Deut. 13:5).6 The same thing is stated concerning Noah, namely, Noah walked with God (Gen. 6:9). Others say that Noah walked with God means he trained himself to walk with God.7) is in the hitpa’el. The latter is a reflexive; thus hithal’ekh means he made himself walk; i.e., he trained himself to walk. These commentaries say the same with regard to Enoch (I.E.’s fragmentary commentary on Genesis).