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51 ‎[1] MALIGNANT. The word *mameret* (malignant) is similar to the word *mammir* (pricking) in *a pricking brier* (sillon mamir) (Ezek. 28:24). Now, since the word *sillon* (brier) means a thorn, the word *mamir* means painful. The second *mem* in *mameret* is a root letter and the word *mameret* is not related to the word *me’erah* (curse). It is possible that the reason Scripture does not mention silk and cotton is that the Torah speaks of what is contemporarily present. Compare, *If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee* (Ex. 23:5). The same law applies to a horse and a mule. On the other hand, it is possible that the affliction only strikes wool and flax.
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