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3 ‎[1] AND IN THE EIGHTH DAY. Our wise men, of blessed memory, said during the day, not at night. Now a child born a half hour before sunset is circumcised after six and half days, for the day of the Torah is not measured by twenty-four hours.
‎[2] SHALL BE CIRCUMCISED. *Yimmol* (shall be circumcised) is a *nifal*. Compare, *yikkon* (be established) in *shall not be established* (Ps. 101:7). According to this opinion, *yimmol* is related to the word *mullim* (circumcised) in *were circumcised* (Josh. 5:5). It is also possible that *yimmol* is missing a *nun* and is related to the word *u-nemaltem* (and ye shall be circumcised) (Gen. 17:11). *Yimmol* is like the word *yiddor* (voweth) in *When a man voweth a vow unto the Lord* (Num. 30:3). Scripture omits the one who performs the circumcision, such as the father or the Beth Din (court).
‎[3] HIS FORESKIN. It is known that the foreskin is on the private part. This is not the case regarding the foreskin of the heart, the lip, and the ear, for all of them are connected to another word.
Version: Ibn Ezra's commentary on the Pentateuch, tran. and annot. by H. Norman Strickman and Arthur M. Silver. Menorah Pub., 1988-2004
Source: https://www.nli.org.il/he/books/NNL_ALEPH001102376/NLI
License: CC-BY-NC