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Ibn Ezra, on Isa 56:2
Ibn Ezra · 1089–1167
Isa 56:2 · Douay-Rheims
“Blessed is the man that doth this, and the son of man that shall lay hold on this: that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, that keepeth his hands from doing any evil.”
On this verse:
“Blessed is the man that does this, that keeps the following precepts, to observe the Sabbath, etc. מחללו From polluting it. It is certain that the ת in שבת indicates the feminine gender; the masculine pronoun וֹ refers to the masculine noun יום day, which may be supplied before שבת, or to the verbal noun שִׁמּוּר implied in the verb שֹׁמֵר; for every verb implies a verbal noun, if that is not directly expressed; compare the remark of R. Moses Hakkohen on וַתִּצְפְּנוֹ (Jos. 2:7), that the suffix refers to the verbal noun the taking; compare also ברב יעצים עצה תקום ═ ברב יעצים תקום, in the multitude of counsellors it is established (Prov. 15:22), the word עצה being supplied.”
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