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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 6:9/אבן עזרא על במדבר ו׳:ט׳

אבפתע פתאום. שניהם קרובים בטעם וכן אדמת עפר:

1VERY SUDDENLY. The words peta and pitom²² as very suddenly. According to I.E. the literal meaning of peto pitom is suddenly, suddenly. are close in meaning. The same applies to admat afar (dust of the earth) (Dan. 12:2).²³ and afar mean the same. See I.E. on Gen. 8:11 (Vol. 1, p. 115.

בוטמא. המת יטמאנו:

2AND HE DEFILE. The corpse will defile him.²⁴ does not mean and the Nazirite will defile himself, but that the corpse will defile the Nazirite.

גביום טהרתו. במי נדה כי הוא טמא מת:

3IN THE DAY OF HIS CLEANSING. By the waters of purification,²⁵ for he was defiled by a corpse.²⁶.