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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 22:13/אבן עזרא על במדבר כ״ב:י״ג
אשרי בלק. ולא הזכיר זקני מדין כי בלק הוא העיקר והוא השולח אליו אמר ר' משה הכהן הספרדי ז"ל כי אף על פי שסימן הפועל ביו"ד לא יתכן להיותו כי אם בנו"ן כמו הלהרגני לא יאמר הלהרגי והנה שכח לתתי להלך עמכם לא אבה יבמי ור' יונה המדקדק אמר כי היו"ד נוסף ואיננו נכון:
1THE PRINCES OF BALAK. Scripture does not mention the elders of Midian,36 for Balak was the protagonist and he sent the messengers to Balaam. Rabbi Moses Ha-Kohen the Spaniard, of blessed memory, says that even though the yod is the sign of the object37 (give me). it can only come with a nun.38 has to be added to the verb in order to indicate the object. Compare, ha-lehorgeni (thinkest thou to kill me) (Ex. 2:14). It does not read ha-lehorgi. However, he forgot le-titti (to give me) in to give me leave to go with you [our verse] and yabbemi (perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto me) in he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto me (Deut. 25:7).39 alone. Rabbi Jonah the grammarian says that the yod of le-titti40 means the same as la-tet. It means to give, not to give me. is superfluous, but what he says is incorrect.41 does not mean that the object (me) is missing.