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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 19:8/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ט:ח׳
אואכליו. כל אחד מאוכליו וכן וצדיקים ככפיר יבטח:
1BUT EVERY ONE THAT EATETH IT. The meaning of okhelav is every one that eats of it.23 is a plural. It literally means they that eat of it. Our verse thus literally reads, they that eat of it shall bear his iniquity. Hence I.E.’s interpretation. Similarly But the righteous are secure as a young lion24 (Prov. 28:1).25
בכי את קדש ה׳ חלל. אחר שהקריב האימורים לגבוה הנה כל הבשר קדש. וחלל מגזרת חול שאין לו טעם כדמות חלל. ובפרשה הזאת באר עונש העון ונכרתה הנפש ההוא:
2BECAUSE HE HATH PROFANED THE HOLY THING OF THE LORD. After he offered the parts designated to God by Scripture, all the flesh26 is holy. Chillel (profaned) is related to the word chol (profane). It is something that has no significance.27 It is like an empty space (challel). In this section28 Scripture explains the punishment,29 namely, and that soul shall be cut off.