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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 16:4/אבן עזרא על בראשית ט״ז:ד׳
אותקל. הנה הנעלם אשר בין האות המשרת ואות השרש תחת הדגש הנתון להתבלע אות הכפל והוא מבנין נפעל:
1WAS DESPISED. The tzere4 in the nifal. I.E. literally reads, the missing yod between the prefix and the root letter. He is referring to the tzere which has a yod sound. in va-tekal (was despised) is in place of the dagesh which should be placed in the kof to make up for one of the missing root letters.5. The root of va-tekal (was despised) being kof, lamed, lamed. This comment is difficult. The tav of va-tekal is in reality vocalized with a tzere to make up for the dagesh that should have been placed in the kof to make up for the missing nun of the nifal form. Filwarg amends I.E. to read so. Va-tekal is a nifal.