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As an early rishon (IIRC, R Yonah ibn Jannah) said, this is basically the same form as
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000" face="Calibri, sans-serif"><b>From:</b> Mesorah <mesorah-bounces@lists.aishdas.org> on behalf of Sholom Simon via Mesorah <mesorah@lists.aishdas.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, January 23, 2016 8:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> mesorah@lists.aishdas.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Mesorah] vayichadd</font>
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<p>Shemos 18:9 starts off with the word "vayichadd" -- the final dalet having a dagesh and a shva.</p>
<p>Apologies if this is a simple question: what is that? Why does the word need that as an ending?</p>
<p>Shavua tov!</p>
<p>-- Sholom</p>
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