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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 18:28/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ח:כ״ח
אכאשר קאה. פועל עבר מגזרת שתו ושכרו וקיו כי אותיות אהו״י מתחלפים ויש ארץ לשון זכר נעתם ארץ ולא נשא אותם הארץ או חסר מלת היא כאילו הוא כאשר היא קאה כמו באה עם הצאן:
1AS IT VOMITED OUT. Ka’ah (vomited out) is a verb in the perfect. It is related to the word keyo (spew)130. in Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew (Jer. 25:27), for the letters alef, heh, vav, yod interchange.131 of ka’ah is in place of a yod. The word eretz is found in the masculine.132 is masculine. Hence the noun eretz, which it governs, has to be masculine. Compare, netam aretz (the land burnt up)133 is masculine. Hence the noun aretz, which it governs, is masculine. (Is. 9:18), and ve-lo nasa otam ha-aretz (and the land was not able to bear them)134 is masculine. Hence the noun eretz, which it governs, is masculine. (Gen. 13:6).135 is usually feminine. Hence I.E.’s comment. On the other hand, the word hiy (it)136 might be missing.137 is a feminine participle from the root kof, alef, heh, and eretz is feminine. Our verse should be interpreted as if it read, ka’asher hiy ka’ah (as it vomited out). In this case, ka’ah is similar to ba’ah (cometh) in cometh with the sheep (Gen. 29:6).138 is a feminine participle from the root bet, alef, heh.