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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 9:21/אבן עזרא על ויקרא ט׳:כ״א

אואת החזות. חזה השור גם חזה האיל:

1AND THE BREASTS. The breast of the ox and the breast of the ram.

בואת שוק הימין. מזה ומזה ושוק סמוך אל הפאה או הצד:

2AND THE RIGHT THIGH.³³. From this one and that one.³⁴ The word shok (thigh) is connected to the word ha-pe’ah (corner), or ha-tazad (side).³⁵ or shok ha-pe’ah ha-yamin. In other words, shok ha-yamin is not to be rendered the right thigh, for ha-yamin (the right) is not an adjective describing shok (thigh). If ha-yamin (the right) were an adjective describing shok (thigh), our phrase would have read, ha-shok ha-yamin, rather than shok ha-yamin.