Apparently, ?????????? is the only instance of a dagesh alef in the Torah, and therefore it is stressed. Does anyone know anywhere else where they do that?
I took a look at that pasuk (V 23:17) and my ArtScroll chumash does not have a dagesh in the aleph there.
I was very surprised to see this post (I missed the original) because an aleph is one of the five letters that, to the best of my knowledge, can NEVER have a dagesh.
Can you provide more info on where you saw that this word should have a dagesh in the aleph?
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