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  is found in, , , , in every case after the regular form; but cf. also. In, where the 2nd fem. precedes and follows, probably is to be read with Marti for .—For the ''3rd plur. fem.'' we find in, in pause  (for ), and thrice (as if to distinguish it from the 2nd pers.) the form  with the preformative  (as always in Western Aram., Arab, Eth., and Assyr.), in , ,. On the other hand, appears in some cases to be incorrectly used even for the fem. of the 3rd pers. or for the masc. of the 2nd pers. sing. as  (where, however, perhaps  is to be read), and, for 2nd sing. masc., according to Olshausen a corruption of ; in, for  read  as in ; in  read  with the Samaritan.—In , , as also in  (if we read  with LXX for the 2nd ), it is equally possible to explain the form as a plural. This small number of examples hardly justifies our finding in the above-mentioned passages the remains of an emphatic form of the Impf., analogous to the Arab. Modus energicus I, with the termination ănnă.

For we frequently find, especially in the Pentateuch and mostly after, simply , e.g. , , , , , , ; in Arab. always nă. According to Elias Levita  is the only example of this kind in the strong verb. The form (so also Qimḥi and ed. Mant.; but Baer, Ginsb. ) for, , is irregular, with  inserted after the manner of verbs  and , ; ; according to Olshausen it is an error caused by the following form.

4. Instead of the plural forms in there are, especially in the older books, over 300 forms with the fuller ending  (with Nûn paragogicum), always bearing the tone; cf. and ; on its retention before suffixes, see ; also defectively, , &c. This usually expresses marked emphasis, and consequently occurs most commonly at the end of sentences (in the principal pause), in which case also the (pausal) vowel of the second syllable is generally retained. Thus there arise full-sounding forms such as, ; , ; , ; cf. , with Zaqeph qaṭon, Athnaḥ, and Silluq;, with Segolta; and  with Zaqeph qaṭon,  with Athnaḥ and Silluq,  after. Without the pause, e.g., cf. , ff.,, ,  ; , ,  ( and );  after.

Some of these examples may be partly due to euphonic reasons, e.g. certainly, , , , , and often, to avoid a hiatus before or. It was, however, the pause especially which exerted an influence on the restoration of this older and fuller termination (cf., note), as is manifest from : they see not; may they see and become