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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 25:31/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ה:ל״א
אעל שדה הארץ יחשב. כמו ויבואו האנשים על הנשים ופי׳ עם:
1SHALL BE RECKONED WITH THE FIELDS OF THE COUNTRY. Al (with) in our verse is similar to al (and) in And they came, both men and (al) women (Ex. 35:22).125 The meaning of al126 is with.127 usually means on. Hence I.E.’s comment.
בגאולה תהיה לו. לכל בית ובית כמו בנות צעדה עלי שור וכמו על בניה כי איננו:
2THEY MAY BE REDEEMED.128). The reference is to each and every house.129). Compare, Its branches (banot) run (tza’adah130 is plural. Tza’adah is singular. According to I.E. the meaning of Gen. 49:22 is, each one of its branches (banot) run (tza’adah) over the wall. See I.E. on Gen. 49:22 (Vol. 1, p. 442).) over the wall (Gen. 49:22), and for her children, (baneha) Because they are not (enennu) (Jer. 31:15).131 is in the plural. Enennu is singular. I.E. renders Jer. 31:15, For her children (baneha) because each one of them is not (enennu).