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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 11:38/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״א:ל״ח
אוכי יותן מים. שישקו את השדה ונפל מנבלתם על הזרע ויש אומרים על המים ובא מלת יותן שהוא לשון יחיד עם מים וכן מי נדה לא זורק עליו ומלת יותן כמו יוקח נא מעט מים מהבנין הכבד הנוסף:
1BUT IF WATER BE PUT. If they water their field and aught of their carcasses fall on the seed.105 (thereon) refers to the seed. This opinion interprets our verse as follows: But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall upon the seed, the seed is unclean. Some say on the water.106 (thereon) refers to the water. This opinion interprets our verse as follows: But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcass fall upon the water, the seed is unclean. The word yuttan (be put), which is singular, governs mayim (water).107 We find a similarity in because the water (meh) of sprinkling was not dashed (zorak)108 is singular. It governs meh, which is plural. against him (Num. 19:13). The word yuttan is similar to yukkach (be fetched) in Let now a little water be fetched (Gen. 18:4). It belongs to the heavy conjugation to which a letter is added.109 as “the heavy conjugation to which a letter is added.” However, yuttan and yukkach are hofals. We either have a scribal error or I.E. was not exact in his language.