[Avodah] Mi Chamocha/Mi Camocha

[shalomyitz at comcast.net]

The recent discussion of the pronunciation of 'emes' leads me to suspect 
that the expertise is out there to answer a question that has been bugging 
me for years: 

Why do we say "Mi Chamocha ba'eilim HaShem" 
but say "Mi Camocha n'edar baKodesh". In other words, why is there a dagesh 
in the first letter of the second kaf-mem-kaf-heh, but not in the first? 

Thanks, 

steve 
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