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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 11:27/אבן עזרא על במדבר י״א:כ״ז
אוירץ הנער. בה"א הוא הנודע לשרת משה חוץ מיהושע כי שרות יהושע איננו כשרות כל נער:
1AND THERE RAN A YOUNG MAN. The word na’ar (young man) has the definite article prefixed to it because it refers to the young man115 who, aside from Joshua, was known to serve Moses. For Joshua’s service was not the usual service rendered by young men.116