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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 25:47/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ה:מ״ז
אאו לעקר. כמו שרש והטעם ששב לדת ישראל והוא ממשפחת גר ואין ריע לו רק הוא כמו מלת ושרשך הפך וכן ואת סוסיהם תעקד:
1OR TO THE OFFSHOOT. Eker (offshoot) means a root. The reference is to a person who accepted the Jewish religion. He himself is from the family of a stranger. The word eker has no neighbor.164 However, it is similar in meaning to ve-shereshkha (and root thee out) (Ps. 52:7). It means the opposite of its stem.165 means a root. However, ve-shereshkha means, and uproots you. Similarly, eker comes from the Hebrew stem meaning a root. However, its meaning is someone who has been uprooted, i.e., a stranger. Similarly, te’akker (thou shalt hough) in thou shalt hough their horses (Josh 11:6).166