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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 30:28/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל׳:כ״ח
אנקבה לשון צווי במשקל "זכרה לי אלהי לטובה" (נחמי' יג יד) ופי' פרש, וכן "אשר פי ד' יקבנו" (ישעי' בב ב), ודגשות הקו"ף להתבלע הנו"ן בו כמו "אשר ידבנו לבו" (שמות כה ב):
1APPOINT. Nokvah (appoint) is an imperative.31 is an elongated form. It follows the paradigm of zokhrah (remember) in Remember (zokhrah) me, O my God, for good (Neh. 13:31). The meaning of nokvah (appoint) is, clearly state, as we see from Which the mouth of the Lord shall mark out32 (yikkovennu) (Is. 62:2). The dagesh of yikkovennu (shall mark out) compensates for the missing nun.33 and yikkovennu have the same root, nun, kof, bet and mean the same, viz., clearly state. We find the same with the word yiddevennu (make them willing) in whose heart maketh him willing (yiddevennu) (Ex. 25:2).34 has a dagesh in the dalet to make up for the missing nun. Thus yikkovennu and yiddevenu are similar. Both have a nun as a first root letter and the nun drops out in the imperfect and is replaced by a dagesh.