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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 13:57/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ג:נ״ז
אואם תראה עוד. הפחתת וכן פורחת היא ואחר שאמר תשרפנו באר כי מקום הנגע לבדו ישרף:
1AND IF IT APPEAR STILL. The word tera’eh (it appear)87 refers to the pechetet (the fret).88 (plague), which is masculine. Similarly porachat hi (it is breaking out).89 (it) is feminine. It too refers to pechetet, not to nega. After stating thou shalt burn [it], Scripture goes on to say that the place of the affliction alone shall be burned.90 (thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire) as thou shalt burn it (tisrefennu), i.e., the place where the malady is. In other words, “it” refers to the place on the garment, not to the entire garment.