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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">yes, he is not the only one. There are several who connect it to h-b-q, and I think I alluded to that. But in that case the word would be חבוקה. There is no linguistic support whatsoever that het and aleph alternate
in L'shon Chazao.<br>
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<div>רבי אליהו הבחור בספרו "התשבי" מפרש "אבוקה" מלשון "ויאבק איש עמו", כלשון קשירה וחיבוק, וכן כאן מדובר בשתי פתילות מפותלות ומחוברות זו לזו.<br>
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