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Ramban on Exodus 40:3/רמב"ן על שמות מ׳:ג׳
אוְטַעַם וְסַכֹּתָ עַל הָאָרוֹן בִּמְקוֹם "אֶל", כִּי "וְסַכֹּתָ" מִלְּשׁוֹן מָסָךְ. וְכֵן "וַיָּשֶׂם אֵת פָּרֹכֶת הַמָּסָךְ וַיָּסֶךְ עַל אֲרוֹן הָעֵדוּת" (שמות מ':כ"א):
1AND THOU SHALT SCREEN ‘AL’ THE ARK. The word al (upon) is in place of the word el (to), for the word v’sakotha (and thou shalt screen) is derived from the term masach (curtain, screen).79 Similarly, and he set up the veil of the screen, and screened ‘al’ the ark of the Testimony80 [carries the same interpretation as the verse before us].