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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 7:16/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ז׳:ט״ז
אואם נדר. שבטא בשפתיו בצר לו:
1A VOW. A vow uttered by the lips when in trouble.
בונדבה. שנדבה רוחו אותו להביא זבח לשם לא לנדר ולא לתודה:
2OR A FREEWILL-OFFERING. His sprit moved him to bring a sacrifice to God, not because he had made a vow, or for thanksgiving.
גביום הקריבו. שם הפעל מהבנין הכבד הנוסף וממחרת אותו היום.
3ON THE DAY THAT HE OFFERETH HIS SACRIFICE. The word hakrivo is an infinitive28 in the hifil. [AND ON THE MORROW.] On the morrow of that day.29
דוי״ו והנותר ממנו. כפ״א רפ״ה בלשון ישמעאל וכמוהו ויעזב את עבדו גם והארץ היתה תהו ובהו:
4[THAT WHICH REMAINETH.] The vav of ve-ha-notar (that which remaineth)30 has the same meaning as an unaspirated fa in Arabic.31 is to be rendered, that which remaineth, not and that which remaineth. So too Rashi. The same applies to the vav in va-ya’azov (left) in left his servants (Ex. 9:21)32 is to be rendered left, not and he left. and the vav in ve-ha-aretz (now the earth) in Now the earth was unformed and void (Gen. 1:2).33