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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 23:27/אבן עזרא על במדבר כ״ג:כ״ז
אוקבתו לי. מפעלי הכפל כמו וסבותי אני:
1THAT THOU MAYEST CURSE ME THEM. Ve-kabbota (that thou mayest curse) comes from a double root.103. Compare, ve-sabboti ani (therefore I turned) (Eccles. 2:20).104 comes from the root samekh, bet, bet.