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Ibn Ezra on Numbers 34:28/אבן עזרא על במדבר ל״ד:כ״ח

אפדהאל. אם נעלם הה"א הם שתי מלות שוות בטעם כי הה"א איננה מהאותיות המשך:

1PEDAHEL. If the heh in Pedahel is silent then we have two words each with its own meaning,²⁵ is silent only when it comes at the end of a word. It is not silent when it comes in the middle of a word. Since the heh in the name Pedahel is silent we must interpret it as two words, padah el (God redeemed). I.E.’s point is that while many of the Hebrew names containing God’s name are partially abbreviated, this is not the case with Pedahel. for the heh is not an implied letter.²⁶