[Avodah] Mi Chamocha/Mi Camocha

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 08:57:41PM +0000, shalomyitz at comcast.net wrote:
: 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? 

There are those who would say the second should be read as though it
were "mikkamokha", with no pause between the words. A dageish means the
letter closes the previous syllable as well as starting the next. So, it
would make the kaf the end of the syllable that begins "mi". Similarly,
"mah tovu" (tes degushah) should be pronounced "mattovu". Or in Ashrei "od
yehallelukha sela" (samekh degushah) would be read "yehallelukhassela".

But that just shows this is not unique, it doesn't answer your question.

The BY says that this exception to the rule is to not create something
that sounds like "ba'elim Hashem Mikhah", and thus creating a reference
that would sound lauditory to pesel Mikhah.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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