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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 50:15/אבן עזרא על בראשית נ׳:ט״ו
אלו ישטמנו. שמא יטור לנו איבה, כמו "וישטום עשו" (בראשית כז מא) ויש לו במקרא על דרכים רבים:
1IT MAY BE THAT JOSEPH WILL HATE US. Perhaps Joseph will harbor a hatred for us. Yistemenu (will hate us) is analogous to va-yistom in And Esau hated (va-yistom) Jacob (Gen. 27:41).8 The word lu (it may be) is used in Scripture in many ways.9 is sometimes used to denote a request, or to denote, would that…lu is also used to denote if and perhaps…and lu is also sometimes used to denote it may be.”