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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 8:12/אבן עזרא על בראשית ח׳:י״ב
אוַיִיָחֶל, מבנין נפעל ובא כלעיל כמו וַיִלָּחֶם (במדבר כא א) וַיִצָמֶד (שם כה ג) ויש מזה הבנין שהוא מלרע כמו וַיִפָּקֵד מקום דוד (ש"א כ כז) ובא יו"ד וייחל בשרשו השלם כיו"ד "או ירה יִיָרֶה" (שמות יט יג)
1AND HE STAYED. Va-yiyyachel (and he stayed) is a nifal and is penultimately accented30 conversive (Weiser). like va-yillachem (and he fought) (Num. 21:1) and va-yitzamed (and he was joined) (Num. 25:3).31 forms and are penultimately accented because of the vav conversive. However, there are instances when corresponding nifals are accented on the last syllable,32 with the vav conversive. as in va-yippaked (was empty) in that David’s place was empty (I Sam. 20:27). The entire root appears in And he stayed,33 in va-yiyyachel (and he stayed); one is the first letter of the root yod, chet, lamed, the other is the sign of the third person future. In such cases the root yod usually changes into a vav, hence I.E.’s comment (Cherez). as it does in shot through (yiyyareh) (Ex. 19:13).34 from the root yod, resh, heh.
בובאחד באדר שלח את היונה, ולא יספה כמשפטה לשוב אליו,
2[AND SENT FORTH THE DOVE.] Noah sent out the dove on the first day of Adar. This time it no longer returned to him as it was wont to.
געוד, לעולם וכן עוד טומאתו בו (במדבר יט יג), עוד כל ימי הארץ (בראשית ח כב):
3ANY MORE. Od (anymore) means forever. Od in his uncleanness is yet (od) upon him (Num. 19:13) and While the earth remaineth (od kol yeme ha-aretz) (Gen. 8:22) is similar.