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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 14:42/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ד:מ״ב

אוטח. הפך יקציע והוא מגזרת טחים אותו טפל:

1AND SHALL PLASTER THE HOUSE. The word tach (plaster) is the reverse of yaktzi’a (he shall cause…to be scraped) (v. 41).⁹⁶ It is related to tachim (daub) in they daub it with whited plaster (Ezek. 13:10).

בומלת ולקחו והביאו. רבים במהרה:

2AFTER THE HOUSE HATH BEEN SCRAPED. After the stones have first been taken out and the house has been scraped. Scripture employs the plural forms ve-lakechu (and they shall take) and ve-hevi’u (and put them) to indicate haste.⁹⁹

גועפר אחר יקח. בעל הבית שירצה לדור בו:

3AND HE SHALL TAKE OTHER MORTAR.⁹⁷ The owner of the house who wants to dwell in the house.