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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 26:4/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ו:ד׳
אוי״ו ונתתי כוי״ו והארץ היתה תהו ובהו ולעולם כאשר המלה מלרע עם וי״ו הטעם הוא לעתיד ואם מלעיל עבר חוץ ממתי מעט:
1[THEN I WILL GIVE.] The vav in ve-natati (then I will give) is like the vav in ve-ha’aretz (now the earth) in Now the earth was unformed and void (Gen. 1:2).18 in ve-natati (then I will give), like the vav in ve-ha’aretz (now the earth), does not introduce an independent verse. According to I.E. the meaning of ve-natati is not “and I will give,” but “then I will give.” For the vav in ve-ha’aretz, see I.E. on Gen. 1:2 (Vol. 1, p. 30). When a word which has a vav prefixed to it19 (then 1 will give). is ultimately accented,20 (then I will give). the word is an imperfect. When it is penultimately accented it is in the perfect. The above is, aside from a few instances, always the case.
ביבולה. מן כי בול הרים ישאו לו ולא נדע אם היו״ד שרש או אינו שרש כמלת יקום:
2HER PRODUCE. The word yevulah (her produce) is related to the word vul (food) in Surely the mountains bring him forth food (Job 40:20). We do not know whether the yod in yevul is a root letter or is like the yod in yekum (living substance) (Gen.7:23),21. which is not a root letter.