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[Charles Grebe <cgrebe AT briercrest.ca>]

Another example would be the first word in Number 6:24 which (I think)
is pronounced "yi-va-re-chi-cha" rather than "yi-va-rech-cha". 

The last word in the next verse (Num 6:25) DOES have a dagesh in the
final caph but it must be a dagesh forte because it is preceded by an
open syllable.

Charles Grebe

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Notice that the final kaf doesn't have a dagesh, hence it's "soft"
rather than "hard."  That means the syllable preceding it is open, not
closed, and the sheva under the second bet is vocal, it's not a silent
one closing the syllable.  This will always be the case before that
particular pronominal suffix, if memory serves me.