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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 11:22/אבן עזרא על במדבר י״א:כ״ב
אומצא להם. כדברי המתרגם ארמית ומה נכבד דרש קדמונינו במלת ישחט על הבהמה ויאסף על הדג:
1WILL THEY SUFFICE THEM. U-matza la-hem (will they suffice them) is to be interpreted as in the Aramaic translation.99 as, will they suffice them. The literal meaning of u-matza la-hem is: and he will find them. Hence I.E.’s comment. How precious is the interpretation of our ancients to the effect that the word yishachet (be slain) applies to cattle, and ya’asef (be gathered) refers to fish.100) but fish do not. See Hullin 27b.