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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 11:16/אבן עזרא על במדבר י״א:ט״ז

אאספה לי. מלה זרה ויתכן שהיתה כן בעבור אות הגרון וכן ערכה לפני התיצבה:

1GATHER UNTO ME. The word esfah (gather) is irregular.⁶⁸ of esfah is vocalized with a segol. However, it should have been vocalized with a short kamatz. Compare, zokhrah (Neh. 5:19). It is possible that this is so because of the guttural.⁶⁹ of esfah. Erkhah (set in order) in Set thy words in order before me, stand forth ((Job 33:5) is similar.⁷⁰ in erkhah is vocalized with a segol rather than with a kamatz katan.

בושוטריו. כי יש זקנים שבאו בימים ואינם ראוים להיות שוטרים גם יש שוטרים ואינם זקנים:

2AND OFFICERS. For there are elders who are advanced in age but are unfit to be officers. There are also officers who are not elders.⁷¹ is the elders of the people who also serve as officers.