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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 21:14/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״א:י״ד
אאלמנה וגרושה. כלל מכהן או מישראל:
1A WIDOW, OR ONE DIVORCED. Any woman widowed or divorced from a kohen or an Israelite.
בוחללה זנה. חסר וי״ו הדבק כמו שמש ירח עמד זבולה:
2OR A PROFANED WOMAN, OR A HARLOT. The connective vav before the word zonah (harlot) is missing.57 (harlot). Our verse reads, va-chalalah zonah. This literally means or a profaned woman harlot. I.E. believes that the latter should be read as if written, va-chalalah ve-zonah (or a profaned woman or a harlot). Compare, The sun moon (shemesh yare’ach) stand still in their habitation58 (Hab. 3:11).59 is missing. The verse should be read as if written: The sun and moon (shemesh ve-yare’ach) stand still in their habitation.
גוטעם להוסיף כי אם בתולה. להזכיר עמיו כי הבתולה השבויה והמתייהדת אסורה לו:
3The reason Scripture reads but a virgin60 may only marry a virgin was stated in the previous verse. Why repeat it again in our verse? is that it wants to add of his own people, for a captive virgin61 and a convert62 are prohibited to him.