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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 18:12/אבן עזרא על במדבר י״ח:י״ב
אחלב יצהר. הנכבד והמוטב שהוא הקצף כי יצהר מענין צהור ושרשו צהר והוא חלב שמן זית:
1ALL THE BEST OF THE OIL. Chelev (the best) means the most precious, the best. The reference is to the cream of the oil,30 for the word yitzhar (oil) means light.31. Others read nahor. Both mean light. Its root is tzadi, heh, resh.32 The reference is to the fat of the olive oil.