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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 11:10/אבן עזרא על במדבר י״א:י׳
אבוכה למשפחותיו. שהתחברו המשפחות לבכות כאשר יעשו בבכותם על מת:
1WEEPING, FAMILY BY FAMILY. The families gathered together to cry, as they do when they mourn for the dead.
באיש לפתח אהלו. בפרהסיא:
2EVERY MAN AT THE DOOR OF HIS TENT. In public.
גובעיני משה רע. פעל עבר או תחסר מלת היה:
3AND MOSES WAS DISPLEASED. The word ra (displeased) is a perfect.49 On the other hand, the word hayah (was) might be missing in our text.50. The latter literally means: and in the eyes of Moses displeased. I.E. suggests that our verse be interpreted as if it read, u-ve’ene moshe hayah ra (and it was displeasing in the eyes of Moses). In this case, our verse is a continuous present.