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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 13:30/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ג:ל׳

אצהוב. בלשון ישמעאל קרוב מעין הלובן:
1YELLOW. The word tzahov (yellow) in Arabic refers to a color that is close to white.
בנתק הוא. מגזרת כאשר יונתק פתיל הנעורת והטעם על השער:
2IT IS A SCALL. The word netek (scall) is related to the word yennatek (is broken) in as a string of tow is broken (Jud. 16:9). The reference is to the hair.58 is so called because the hair is torn or removed from the place of the malady.