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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 32:39/אבן עזרא על במדבר ל״ב:ל״ט
אויורש. יש אומרים כי מכיר חי היה ולפי דעתי שמלת ויורש שבה אל הגבור שהיה במשפחה:
1AND DISPOSSESSED. Some say that Machir was alive.48 (and [he] dispossessed) applies. These commentaries interpret thus because verse 40 states, And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir. The latter is taken literally. However, I believe that and dispossessed49 refers to the warrior that was in the family.50