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28 ‎[1] CUTTINGS. We know the meaning of the corners of the head and of the beard from the words of tradition.
‎[2] The word *le-nefesh* means for a dead body. It is also so rendered in the Aramaic translation. This is its true meaning. The *nun* does not receive a *dagesh* in order to simplify enunciation.
‎[3] IMPRINT ANY MARKS. Some say that this is connected to *Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh*, for there are people who, employing fire, mark their bodies with a recognizable form for the dead. Even today there are those who, while young, mark their faces so that they [may] be recognized. The word *ka’aka* (marks) is doubled. Compare, *He that spread forth* the *earth and that which cometh out of it* (ve-tze’etza’ehah) (Is. 42:5). *Ka’aka* is related to the word *ve-hoka* (and hang) in *and hang them up* (Num. 25:4). According to the Aramaic translator, it is also an irregular word. He is also correct [in translating *ka’aka* as engraved].
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
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