Mini-version of the column this week. Three prominent examples of the DAGESH dropping from a PEI at the beginning of a word, which follows a word in the same phrase that ends with an ALEF, HEI, VAV, YUD. The three come in close proximity. This week: EILEH F’KUDEI (not P’KUDEI). A little over a week later: Therefore, they called LAYAMIM HAEILEH FURIM. And a few days after that, V’YIKCHU EILECHA (CHAF SOFIT with KAMATZ behaves like the word ends with a HEI) FARA ADUMA... [The Parshat P'kudei Homepage]
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