ðɪ ɛksplɐnˈeɪʃən mˈeɪ nˌɑːt sˈæɾɪsfˌaɪ mˈɑːdɚn ɹˈiːdɚz ɪt dɪdnˌɑːt sˈæɾɪsfˌaɪ ɹˈæbaɪ dˈeɪvɪd kˈɪmhaɪ ʌvðə θˈɜːtiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi, bˌʌt ɪt dˈɛmənstɹˌeɪts ðætðɪ ˈæbsəns əvə vˈɜːs bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ wɪð ðæt lˈɛɾɚ wʌz nˈoʊɾɪst ænd wʌz ʌndɪspjˈuːɾᵻd ˈiːvən ɪn æntˈɪkwᵻɾi.
The explanation may not satisfy modern readers (it did not satisfy Rabbi David Kimhi of the 13th century), but it demonstrates that the absence of a verse beginning with that letter was noticed and was undisputed even in antiquity.