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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 2:2/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ב׳:ב׳

אוקמץ. מגזרת לקמצים וקדמונינו פירשו קמץ מלא ודבריהם אמת:

1AND HE SHALL TAKE. Ve-kamatz (and he shall take) is related to the word li-kematzim (in heaps) (Gen. 41:47).⁵ (and he shall take) means and he shall gather. Our sages explained that melo kumtzo means a handful.⁶ 9a, 18b. Their words are true.

במסלתה. מעט ממנה וכן מהשמן רק כל הלבונה יקטיר:

2OF THE FINE FLOUR THEREOF. A little of it, and so too of the oil. However, he shall burn all of the frankincense.

גאזכרתה. האל״ף נוסף והטעם מה שהיה לו לזכרון לפני השם בעבור מנחתו ורבים פירשוהו כריח וקטורת כמו זכרו כיין לבנון:

3THE MEMORIAL-PART THEREOF. The alef of azkaratah (the memorial part thereof) is superfluous.⁷ comes from the root zayin, kaf, resh. The alef serves no purpose. Azkaratah is so called because the meal offering by the celebrant serves as a memorial before God.⁸ means the memorial part thereof. God recalls the celebrant because of his meal offering. Others say that azkaratah means its scent. It is like scent of the incense.⁹ Compare, The scent thereof (zikhro) shall be as the wine of Lebanon (Hos. 14:8).