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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 4:22/אבן עזרא על במדבר ד׳:כ״ב
אנשא. שם הפעל כמו זכור את יום השבת וטעם נשא. שא:
1TAKE THE SUM. Naso (take the sum) is an infinitive. It is like zakhor (remember) in Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy (Ex. 20:8).33 The meaning of naso is, take the sum.34 is an infinitive, it has the meaning of an imperative. The same applies to zakhor.
בגם הם. בעבור שנשא את ראש הקהתים:
2ALSO. Because he had already counted the Kohathites.