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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 3:35/אבן עזרא על במדבר ג׳:ל״ה
אויתכן היות צפונה. מגזרת צפנת ליראיך וצפון לצדיק כי אין בנגב שום דבר:
1NORTHWARD. It is possible that the word tzafonah (northward) is derived from the word tzafanta (laid up) in Thou hast laid up for them that fear Thee (Ps. 31:20) and from the word tzafon (laid up) in laid up for the righteous (Prov. 13:22). The north is so called because there is nothing in the south.63