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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 32:14/אבן עזרא על במדבר ל״ב:י״ד
אתרבות. מגזרת אשר טפחתי ורביתי והוא קרוב מגזרת על כל רב ביתו והטעם גדול השנים:
1A BROOD. The word tarbut (a brood) is connected to the word ribbiti (brought up) in That I have dandled and brought up (Lam. 2:22). It is close in meaning to the word rav (officers) in all the officers (rav) of his house19 (Esther 1:8). The meaning of tarbut is, grown up in years.
בלספות. כמו להוסיף רק הוא משרש אחר וכמוהו ספו על זבחיכם כי לא מצאנו בבעלי היו"ד מזה השרש בבנין הקל חסר יו"ד:
2TO AUGMENT. Li-sepot (to augment) means the same as le-hosif (to add). However, it comes from a different root.20 comes from the root samekh, peh, heh. Hosif comes from the root yod, samekh, peh. The word sofu (add) in Add…unto your sacrifices (Jer. 7:21) is similar,21; i.e., it comes from the root samekh, peh, heh. for we do not find this root22. among the stems that begin with a yod and drop the yod in the kal.23.