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Ibn Ezra on Exodus 26:33/אבן עזרא על שמות כ״ו:ל״ג
אומלת והבדילה הפרכת. זרה בעבור היותה מלרע וכן והכית בצור (למעלה יז ו):
1AND THE VEIL SHALL DIVIDE UNTO YOU. The word ve-hivdilah (shall divide) is irregular in that it is ultimately accented.138 is penultimately accented even when it has a conversive vav prefixed to it. The same is true of the word ve-hikkita (and thou shalt smite) in and thou shalt smite the rock (Ex. 17:6).139 in Ex. 17:6 is penultimately accented. Hence it has been suggested that the reference is to ve-hikkita in Deut. 20:13, in which ve-hikkita is ultimately accented.