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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 15:3/אבן עזרא על במדבר ט״ו:ג׳

אלפלא. לפרש וכן והפלה ה' ואם הוא בה"א כי אותיות אהו"י מתחלפות:

1CLEARLY UTTERED. Le-fale (clearly uttered) means to separate.¹³ (in fulfillment of a vow clearly uttered) is to be rendered, in fulfillment of a vow set aside. Similarly the word ve-hiflah (shall make a division) in And the Lord shall make a division (Ex. 9:4). This is so even though ve-hiflah is spelled with a heh,¹⁴ is spelled with an alef. for the letters alef, heh, vav, yod interchange.9.¹⁵