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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 44:18/אבן עזרא על בראשית מ״ד:י״ח
אויגש. כי כמוך כפרעה. אתה כמלך והמלך כמוך, וכן כל שני כפי"ן שהן זה אחר זה, כמו "כעמי כעמך" (מ"ב ג ז) והיא דרך קצרה:
1FOR THOU ART EVEN AS PHARAOH. Ki kha-mokha ke-faro means: thou art as the king8 and the king is as you. This is true in all instances where two cafs are prefixed to two words following each other.9. Compare, ke-ammi khe-ammekha (my people as thy people) (II Kings 3:7).10 (my people as thy people) which means my people as thy people and thy people as my people. The use of two cafs in this manner is an abridged form.11 is short for thou art as Pharaoh and Pharaoh is as you.