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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 38:11/אבן עזרא על בראשית ל״ח:י״א
אשבי אלמנה בית אביך. בחסרון בי"ת קודם בי"ת כמו "הנמצא בית ד'" (מ"ב יח טו):
1REMAIN A WIDOW IN THY FATHER’S HOUSE. The prepositional bet has been omitted from before the bet of the word house.24 is omitted from before the word bet (house) and has to be supplied by the reader. Thus bet (house of) had to be read as if written be-vet (in the house of). We find the same type of omission in that was found in the house (bet) of the Lord (II Kings 18:15).25 has to be supplied by the reader and the word to be read as if written be-vet.