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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 2:8/אבן עזרא על שמות ב׳:ח׳
אותאמר לֵכִי. כמו שֵבִי, וילך, וישב,:
1AND PHARAOH’S DAUGHTER SAID TO HER: GO. Lekhi (go) is like shevi (sit).112 is vocalized with a tzere beneath the lamed. The usual way of vocalizing this form (the imperative) is with a sheva. I.E. points out that this is also the case with the word shevi. It is usually vocalized with a sheva. However, in Jer. 29:5 we find its plural form vocalized with a tzere. The reason for the change from sheva to tzere is that these words come at the end of a verse. These words are the imperative forms of va-yelekh (and he went) and va-yeshev (and he dwelt).