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וקבתו לי. מפעלי הכפל כמו וסבותי אני: THAT THOU MAYEST CURSE ME THEM. Ve-kabbota (that thou mayest curse) comes from a double root.103Its root is kof, bet, bet. Compare, ve-sabboti ani (therefore I turned) (Eccles. 2:20).104Sabboti comes from the root samekh, bet, bet.