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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 13:19/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ג:י״ט
אלבנה אדמדמת. מעורבת משני העינים או קצתם כן:
1REDDISH-WHITE. A mixture of the two colors. Or a little of each.
במלת צרעת מחלה וכן ושלחתי את הצרעה ואין מלת ושלחתי טענה כי הנה ישלח דברו אני שולח את כל מגפותי ישלח בם חרון אפו:
2The word tzara’at (leprosy) (v. 20) means a disease. Similarly ha-tzirah (the disease)42 in I will send the disease (Ex. 23:28). The fact that the Torah reads, and I will send is no argument against this interpretation,43 means a disease. There are some who argue that the term “sent” (shalach) applies only to living things. They translate ha-tizirah (the disease) in Ex. 23:28 as the hornet. They render Ex. 23:28 as I will send the hornet. for Scripture reads, He sent His word (Ps. 107:20); For I…send all My plagues (Ex. 9:14); and He sent forth upon them the fierceness of His anger (Ps. 78:49).