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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 29:32/אבן עזרא על בראשית כ״ט:ל״ב
איֶאֱהָבַנִי. בפתחות הבי"ת כמו "פן תִדְבָקַנִי הרעה" (בראשית יט יט):
1WILL LOVE ME. Ye’ehavani (will love me) is vocalized with a pattach27. In such forms the last root letter is vocalized with a tzere; compare, yishmereni. Hence I.E.’s comment that there are exceptions. beneath the bet. It is similar to tidbakani (overtake me) in lest the evil overtake me (tidbakani) (Gen. 19:19).