oh, interesting, yes on his text אַֽהֲבָ֔ה there is the vertical line on the Aleph (is that the metheg). I didn't notice it because I was looking at another source for 8.6 (tanach.us).
I just looked at 8.6 in BHS and it doesn't list a textual variant for that word
I just looked at 8.6 in BHS and it doesn't list a textual variant for that word