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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 50:2/אבן עזרא על בראשית נ׳:ב׳
אויחנטו. כדמות אבק, ויתכן רק על דרך רחוקה מעט להיות כמוה "התאנה חנטה פגיה" (שה"ש ב, יג):
1AND THE PHYSICIANS EMBALMED ISRAEL. They powdered his body with a preservative.1 It is possible, though a bit far fetched, that chanetah (putteth forth) in The fig-tree putteth forth (chanetah) her green figs (Cant. 2:13) is analogous to va-yechantu (embalmed).2 means sweetened. Others say it means powdered, from the word va-yechantu.”