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9 [1] V’HAYTHAH’ (AND IT SHALL BE) FOR AARON AND HIS SONS — “[The feminine word *‘v’haythah’* refers to] the meal-offering, for anything which is offered of grain is included within the term *minchah* (meal-offering). [The masculine suffix in] *‘va’achaluhu’* (*and they shall eat it*), refers to the *lechem*” [“bread” mentioned in Verse 7, which is a masculine noun]. This is Rashi’s language. It is possible that the verb *v’haythah* [“and it shall be” — in the feminine] refers to each of the two *ma’arachoth* [“rows” of six loaves mentioned in Verse 6, since *ma’arachah* is in the feminine, and hence *v’haythah* is also in the feminine]. And by way of the Truth, [the mystic teachings of the Cabalah], *‘v’haythah’* (*and it shall be*) *for Aaron and his sons* refers back to *brith olam* [“an everlasting covenant” at the end of the preceding Verse 8, since the word *brith* is in the feminine], similar to what is said, *‘Brithi haythah’* (*My covenant was*) *with him of life and peace*.
Version: Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976
Source: https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH002108945/NLI
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