Monday, October 26, 2026

Ibn Ezra on Psalm 51:6 (Hebrew: v. 7)

  

הן - בעבור התאוה הנטועה בלב אדם כאילו בעון חוללתי. והטעם: כי בשעת הלידה היצר הרע נטוע בלב. 

 

ומלת יחמתני – זרה כאילו יחמה ממני על דרך: ליחמנה. ויש אומרים: כי זה רמז לחוה שלא ילדה רק אחר שחטאה. (source)

 

“Behold — because of the desire implanted in a human being’s heart, as though I were conceived in iniquity. The meaning is: at the time of birth, the evil inclination is implanted in the heart.

 

And the word yeḥamtani is unusual, as though it were from yeḥammah from me, in the manner of: liḥammenah. And some say that this is a reference to Eve, who did not give birth until after she sinned.”

 

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