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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 27:21/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ז:כ״א
אואמשך. קל השי"ן להקל על הלשון:
1THAT I MAY FEEL THEE. There is no dagesh in the shin of va-amushekha (that I may feel thee) in order to simplify the enunciation of this word.30 is mem, shin, shin. One of these shins is missing is va-amushekha. When a root letter is missing a dagesh is placed in one of the remaining root letters; thus we would expect a dagesh in the shin of va-amushekha. I.E. points out that since a dagesh doubles the letter in which it is placed, the verse would have to be pronounced va-amushshekha. The dagesh was left out to avoid this.