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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 15:8/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ט״ו:ח׳
אירק. ידוע מפעלי הכפל והעד דגשות קו״ף רוקי הנה גם רוקו יזיק כי הזוב מהחליים הנדבקים ואין מנהג האדם שירוק בפני חברו רק איננו בכוונה כי הזב זרק רוקו ונפל על הטהור:
1SPIT. The meaning of yarok (spit) is known. It comes from a double root.11. The fact that the kof of rukki (my spittle) (Job 7:19) has a dagesh is proof of this.12 compensates for the missing root kof. Note, the spit of the one who suffers an issue is harmful,13 for the issue is one of the infectious diseases. It is not the practice of men to spit in the face of other people.14 (ve-khi) he that hath an issue spit upon him that is clean could conceivably be rendered, and when (ve-khi) he that hath an issue spit upon him that is clean. “And when” implies that this is the normal course of events. Hence I.E.’s comment. What happened occurred unintentionally. The one suffering from an issue expectorated his spittle and it fell on a clean person.15 is to be rendered as “and if” that is and if by accident.