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§§ 24. 25. H. Original doubling in the termination preserves Q. in (like ) "great",  "a pit",  ( from ) "side",  "place"; so too  at = att from ant "thou"; so also  leb "my heart" (like  lebbā),  gad "my good fortune" (like ) and the like. On the other hand we have "six" (its doubling early disappeared),  "side" (also  "my side") and verbal forms like  "lowered",  "longed for" (and also in the plural  &c.).

I. Secondary doubling, which causes Q., we find regularly in the 1st sing. Impf. when the first radical has a vowel, as in "I tread",  "I tell lies",  "I bless thee",  "I hunt," &c. Farther in the Aphel in some verbs middle : "made ready",  "measured", as contrasted with  "gave back", &c. (§ 177 D).

J. Words, which are otherwise like-sounding, are often distinguished through R. and Q., as "thou hast revealed", and  "I have revealed";  qešthā from qešše̊thā (f. of Hebr. ) "stubble", and   "a bow", &c.

§ 24. R. appears in the beginning of a word, when this word is closely associated with a preceding one which ends in a vowel, thus, John 16, 8; , John 16, 16; John 10, 38 (Bernstein) &c. The slightest pause, however, interrupts the softening. Similarly, two closely-associated words, of which the first ends in the same consonant as that with which the second begins, or a consonant like it, are so pronounced together that a doubling appears, which is indicated by the Q. of both of them: massabbappē (instead of  "playing the hypocrite";  "hypocrite";  "ink-bottle".

§ 25. According to the prescriptions of the Schools, Greek words are not to be subjected to the rules for softening and hardening. Thus de̊πarṣōπā ;  "from Philippos", &c. (where is