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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 18:11/אבן עזרא על במדבר י״ח:י״א

אמתנם. בחסרון תי"ו כמו הולך (נ"א עובר) בשוק אצל פנה שהוא פנתה או הם שני משקלים:

1THEIR GIFT. A tav is missing in the word mattanam (their gift).²⁶. Thus the word for their gift should be mattanatam rather than mattanam. Mattanam is similar to the word pinnah (corner), which has the meaning of pinnatah (her corner) in Passing²⁷. Some texts have holekhat (going). However, Prov. 7:8 reads over. through the street near her corner (Prov. 7:8).²⁸ is analogous to mattanam in that it is a feminine noun, but it is connected to the pronominal suffix as if it were masculine. On the other hand, we may be dealing with two forms.²⁹ and mattnah). Mattanam is the word mattan plus the pronominal suffix.