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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 13:49/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ג:מ״ט
אירקרק. מגזרת ירק כי העין כמוהו וזה כפול לחסרון וכן שחרחר׳ ויש אומרים הפך הדבר:
1GREENISH. The word yerakrak (greenish) is related to the word yerek (green), for the color of the affliction is like it. The word is doubled78 and kof of yerek are doubled in yerakrak. to indicate that it is less than full green. The same applies to shecharchoret (swarthy) (Cant. 1:6).79 (black). Shecharchoret means blackish. Others say that the reverse is true.80 (greenish) means very green and shecharchoret very black.