When the beged-kefet letter is not at the beginning of a syllable, or, if it’s followed by any vowel (not just a long vowel), and in this case by the vowel which ends the first word of the construct), it loses its dagesh kal. Jasmin, In your examples, the “yod” at the end of שפתי, and the “hay” at the end of מראה, are not considered consonants, so the last vowels of each word do immediately precede the beged-kefet letter of the second word.
best, Heidi Heidi G. Lerner Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica Emerita, Stanford University Libraries
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