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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 13:6/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ג:ו׳

אשנית. פעם שנית:

1AGAIN. Shenit (again) means a second time.

בכהה הנגע. רבים החכמים אמרו כמו חשך ועדותם ותכהין עיניו מראות ואמרו כי כהות לבנות פירושו כמו לבנה אדמדמת שיהיו בו שניהם ולפי דעתי שמלת כהה הפך פשה ומגזרת ותכהין עיניו והקרוב אליו ולא כהה בם וטעם לא פשה הנגע במקום אחר והנה הם שני סימנים שכהה המקום הנגוע ולא פשה בשלם:

2THE PLAGUE BE DIM. Many of the wise men say that the word kehah (dim) means dark.²⁸ (the plague be dim) means the affliction is black. They offer proof from vatikhhena (were dim) in and his eyes were dim (Gen. 27:1).²⁹ They say that the phrase kehot levanot (dull white) (v. 39) is similar to le-vanah adamdamet (reddish-white) (v. 19)³⁰ (dull white) means black white. in that it contains both colors. However, I believe that the word kehah (dim) is the reverse of pasah (spread).³¹ It is related to the word va-tikhhena (were dim) in and his eyes were dim (Gen. 27:1). The word khihah (stopped) in and he diminished³² them not³³ (I Sam. 3:13) is close to it. The meaning of kahah ha-nega (the plague be dim) is that the plague did not spread to another place. Note, there are two signs, namely, the size of the affliction was diminished and it did not spread to the healthy part of the body.

גוטהרו. יאמר שהוא טהור כי מספחת היתה ואם פשתה אחר כן הנו טמא:

3THEN THE PRIEST SHALL PRONOUNCE HIM CLEAN.³⁴ The kohen shall say that he is clean,³⁵ shall declare him clean. for it was a scab (mispachat). However, if it spreads afterwards he is unclean.