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Ibn Ezra on Leviticus 18:17/אבן עזרא על ויקרא י״ח:י״ז
אשארה הנה. הם שני שמות שאר עם שארה. היה האל״ף ראוי לנוח כלמ״ד שלמה לולי שהיא מהגרון:
1THEY ARE NEAR KINSWOMEN. She’er (kin) and sha’arah (kinswomen) are two nouns. If the alef of sha’arah were not a guttural, it would be quiescent like the lamed of salmah (raiment) (Ex. 22:8).53 of sha’arah were not a guttural, it would have been vocalized with a sheva na, rather than with a chataf pattach.