Ibn Ezra on Numbers 22:32

כי ירט. הטעם עוות וכן על ידי רשעים ירטני שהוא מן רטה שאילו היה מן ירט היה ראוי להיות כמו יעטני ואם הם שני שרשים וכמוהו מעיל צדקה יעטני שהוא על משקל אשר יעצני כמו עוטה אור: BECAUSE THY WAY IS CONTRARY UNTO ME. The meaning of yarat (contrary) is perverse.¹⁰³I.E. renders our clause, because the way [you have chosen] is perverse in my sight. The word yirteni (twists me) in And twists me by the hands of the wicked¹⁰⁴Translated according to I.E. (Job 16:11), which comes from the root resh, tet, heh, is similar.¹⁰⁵Thus yarat comes from the root resh, tet, heh. If yirteni comes from the root yod, resh, tet, then it should be vocalized like ye’atani¹⁰⁶In meaning. (He hath covered me) (Is. 61:10).¹⁰⁷Yeratani. Yarat and yirteni have similar meanings even though they come from two different roots.¹⁰⁸The root of yarat is yod, resh, tet and yirteni comes from resh, tet, heh. We find the same to be the case with the word ye’atani (Ibid.), which is vocalized like the word ye’atzani (given me counsel) (Ps. 16:7).¹⁰⁹Ye’atani comes from the root yod, ayin, tet. Ye’atani is similar in meaning to oteh (coverest)¹¹⁰From the root ayin, tet, heh. in (Who coverest Thyself with light) (Ps. 104:2).¹¹¹Both of these words come from different roots but have a similar meaning.