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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 25:14/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ה:י״ד

אאו קנה. שם הפעל ויחסר מקום קניתם קנה וכן זכור את יום השבת ורבים כמוהם:

1OR BUY. Kanoh (buy) is an infinitive.⁷³ A word is missing.⁷⁴ is employed as an auxiliary verb. Kanoh is in place of kenitem kano (you will surely buy).⁷⁵ is short for kenitem kano. Compare, zakhor (remember) in Remember the sabbath day (Ex. 20:8).⁷⁶ is an infinitive. It is short for zakhor tizkor. There are many such instances.⁷⁷ The word timkeru (thou sell) is in the plural because it shall be sold in front of witnesses.⁷⁸ The same is true of al tonu (ye shall not wrong).⁷⁹ is in the plural. It is so because it applies to the buyer or seller and to the witnesses. One is not permitted to be a witness to a transaction in which the buyer or seller is cheated.

בוטעם תמכרו. לשון רבים על פי עדים. וכן טעם אל תונו. רק כמספר שנים:

2[ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF YEARS.] Only according to the number of years.