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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 15:31/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ט״ו:ל״א
אוהזרתם. יש מפרשים בו והזרתם בחסרון הה״א וזה לא יתכן כי הה״א איננו מאותיות המשך כי לא יהיה נח נעלם כי אם בסוף המלה רק פירושו כמו ונזרו מקדשי בני ישראל כעין והרחקתם וממנו נזיר שהרחיק נפשו מתאות העולם ומשקלו והפלתם את הארץ כי הנו״ן מובלע בדגש:
1THUS SHALL YE SEPARATE. Some say that ve-hizzartem (thus shall ye separate) is missing a heh55 comes from the root zayin, heh, resh. and is to be interpreted ve-hizzhartem (and you shall warn). This cannot be so, for the heh is not vowel letter.56 It is only silent at the end of a word.57 On the contrary, ve-hizzartem is related to the word ve-yinnazeru (that they separate)58. in that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel (Lev. 22:2). The meaning of that ve-hizzartem is, and you shall distance.59. The word nazir (nazirite) is derived from the same root. A nazir is one who has distanced himself from the lusts of the world. Ve-hizzartem is vocalized like the word ve-hippaltem (and you shall divide)60. in, and you shall divide the land (Ezek. 45:1), for the nun61 and ve-hippaltem. is swallowed in the dagesh.62 of ve-hizzartem and the peh of ve-hippaltem.
בבטמאתם. בעבור טומאתם ופירושו בטמאם את משכני:
2IN THEIR UNCLEANLINESS. Be-tumatam (in their uncleanliness) is to be rendered because of their uncleanliness.63 of be-tumatam has the meaning of “because.” Its meaning is, when they defile My tabernacle.64 explains because of their uncleanliness. The point is that Scripture does not prohibit being “unclean.” It only does so when one enters the tabernacle in a state of impurity.