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2 ‎[1] AND HE SHALL TAKE. *Ve-kamatz* (and he shall take) is related to the word *li-kematzim* (in heaps) (Gen. 41:47). Our sages explained that *melo kumtzo* means a handful. Their words are true.
‎[2] OF THE FINE FLOUR THEREOF. A little of it, and so too of the oil. However, he shall burn all of the frankincense.
‎[3] THE MEMORIAL-PART THEREOF. The *alef* of *azkaratah* (the memorial part thereof) is superfluous. *Azkaratah* is so called because the meal offering by the celebrant serves as a memorial before God. Others say that *azkaratah* means its scent. It is like scent of the incense. Compare, *The scent thereof* (zikhro) *shall be as the wine of Lebanon* (Hos. 14:8).
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