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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 16:31/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ט״ז:ל״א
אשבת שבתון. יש אומרים שביתה לנפש ולגוף ואחרים אמרו שהוא שביתת השביתה שאין למעלה ממנה ושניהם שמות פעם יבא זה קודם זה והם שוים ואינו רחוק:
1IT IS A SABBATH OF SOLEMN REST. Some say that shabbat shabbaton (a sabbath of solemn rest) means rest for the soul and rest for the body.117 is repeated in the phrase. Others say that shabbat shabbaton means a rest above which there is no other rest.118 Both words119 are nouns. At times the other word comes first.120. However, Ex. 16:23 reads shabbaton shabbat. They have one meaning,121 and shabbaton have one meaning. This interpretation is not farfetched.
בחקת עולם. להתענות:
2IT IS A STATUTE FOR EVER. To fast.