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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 34:2/אבן עזרא על במדבר ל״ד:ב׳
אאל הארץ כנען. כמו והנבואה עודד הנביא הנבואה נבואת עודד הנביא והטעם אל הארץ. ארץ כנען:
1INTO THE LAND OF CANAAN. Ha-aretz kena’an (the land of Canaan) is similar to ve-hanevu’ah oded ha-navi (even the prophecy of Oded the prophet) (II Chron. 15:8), the meaning of which is, the prophecy, prophecy of Oded the prophet. The meaning of our clause is, the land, land of Canaan.1 has the definite article prefixed to it. According to the rules of Hebrew grammar, a word with the definite article cannot be in the construct. The literal meaning of ha-aretz kena’an (the land of Canaan) thus is, the land Canaan. Hence I.E.’s comment that our verse be read as if written, ha-aretz, eretz kena’an. Ve-hanevu’ah oded ha-navi (even the prophecy of Oded the prophet) (II Chron. 15:8) is, for similar reasons, to be read, ve-hanevu’ah nevu’at oded ha-navi. See I.E. on Gen. 2:9 (Vol. 1, p. 54).