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14 [1] AND IF THOU BRING A MEAL-OFFERING OF FIRSTFRUITS. Many say that the word *im* (if) indicates an obligation. I believe that there is no need for this explanation, for there is an obligation to bring the first of the grain and not the first grain. One who wishes to bring a meal offering from the first grain as a free will offering may do so.
[2] CORN IN THE EAR. *Aviv* (com in the ear) is so called because it is first. It is related to the word *av* (father).
[3] GROATS. The meaning of *geres* (groats) is known. It is close to being related to the word *garesah* (breaketh) in *My soul breaketh* (Ps. 119:20). The latter is so even though the word *garesah* is spelled with a *samekh*.
[4] FRESH EAR. The word *karmel* (fresh ear) is related to the word *karmel* (fresh ears) in *and fresh ears of corn in his sack* (II Kings 4:42).
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