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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 13:48/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ג:מ״ח
אאו בשתי או בערב. ידועים ויתכן להיות גזרת בשתי מגזרת וחשופי שת שהוא יסוד והעד כי השתות יהרסון:
1OR IN THE WARP, OR IN THE WOOF. The meaning of sheti (warp) and erev (woof) is known. It is possible that the word sheti is related to the word shet (buttocks) in ve-chasufe shet (buttocks uncovered) (Is. 20:4) wherein the word shet means the foundation,75 (Is. 20:4), and with foundations uncovered. as the clause When the foundations (ha-shatot) are destroyed (Ps. 11:3) proves.
בוטעם ערב שיתערב עם השתי:
2The word erev (woof) refers to that which is mixed with the warp.76 means a mixture.
גאו בעור. כאשר הוא:
3OR IN THE SKIN. As it is.77
דבכל מלאכת עור. כמו מכבר ונאד:
4OR IN ANY THING MADE OF SKIN. Such as a coverlet (II Kings 8:15) or a bottle (Jud. 4:19).