Tanach · Rishonim on Tanach · Ibn Ezra · Torah
Ibn Ezra on Genesis 8:2/אבן עזרא על בראשית ח׳:ב׳
אויסכרו. כמו ויסגרו ואין הכ"ף מתחלפת בגימל רק הם שתי כלות והטעם אחד, כי לא יתחלפו, חוץ מאותיות יהו"א וסמ"ך בשי"ן:
1WERE STOPPED. Va-yissakheru (were stopped) is synonymous with va-yissageru (were closed). Although both of these words mean the same, they come from different roots.4 comes from the root samekh, caf, resh; va-yissageru comes from the root samekh, gimel, resh. They do not come from one root with the caf and gimel interchanging, for these two letters do not interchange. The only letters that interchange are the yod, heh, vav and alef, and the sin and shin.
בויכלא הגשם. נכלא בתוך האוצר:
2AND THE RAIN FROM HEAVEN WAS RESTRAINED. It was restrained in the storehouse of rain.5