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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 26:39/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ו:ל״ט
אוהנשארים. מהנשארים:
1AND THEY THAT ARE LEFT. And from those that are left.
בימקו בעונם. על משקל יסבו ושניהם מפעלי הכפל מגזרת המק בשרו מק יהיה:
2[SHALL PINE AWAY.] Yimmakku (shall pine away) follows the form of yissabbu (turned) in they turned not (Ezek. 1:9). Both words come from a double root.129 comes from the root mem, kof, kof. Yissabbu comes from the root samekh, bet, bet. Yimmakku is related to the word hamak (consume away) in Their flesh shall consume away (Zech. 14:12) and mak (rottenness) in there shall be rottenness (Is. 3:24).
גואף בעונות אבותם אתם ימקו. כטעם אבותינו חטאו ובמגלת איכה פירשתיו:
3AND ALSO IN THE INIQUITIES OF THEIR FATHERS SHALL THEY PINE AWAY WITH THEM. Its meaning is like that of Our fathers have sinned (Lam. 5:7). I explained this in my commentary on Lamentations.130