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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 27:8/אבן עזרא על ויקרא כ״ז:ח׳
אוהעריך. שיושם הנערך במערכה אחת עם כך וכך וכמוהו אין ערוך אליך ומלת העריך מהבנין הכבד הנוסף וכן יעריכנו הכהן להפריש בינו ובין יערכנו לפני ה׳:
1AND THE PRIEST SHALL VALUE HIM. He shall be assessed in one evaluation based on every object that he owns.45 The word arokh (compared) in none to be compared unto Thee (Ps. 40:6) is similar to he’erikh (value him).46 He’erikh is a hifil. Similarly ya’arikhennu (value him) in shall the priest value him?47 means value him. He’erikh is to be distinguished from ya’arkhennu (he shall set it in order) in he shall set it in order before the Lord (Lev. 24:8).48
בוהעמידו הכהן. כאילו אמר והעמידו הכהן לפני הכהן כאשר פירשתי ויצק על כף הכהן השמאלית ויהיה דרך צחות או יהיה והעמידו שיעמיד הנודר נפשו:
2[THEN HE SHALL BE SET.49 (literally, and he shall set him). ] The kohen.50 shall set him. Our verse51 [literally, and he (the kohen) shall set him before the kohen ]. should be interpreted as if written; and the kohen shall set him before the kohen.52 It is similar to my interpretation of and pour it into the palm of his own left hand (Lev. 14:15).53 shall take of the log and pour it into the palm of the kohen’s left hand. According to I.E. parts one and two of the verse refer to the same kohen. See I. E. on Lev. 14:15. Ve-he’emido li-fene ha-kohen (then he shall be set before the priest) is lyrical.54) shall set him before the kohen is poetic. On the other hand, then he shall be set might mean that the one who vows shall set him.55 (literally, and he shall set him) refers to the one who vows. In this case ve-he’emido li-fene ha-kohen is to be rendered: and he (the one who utters the vow) shall set himself before the kohen.