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  (see above, g) is a mere error of the scribe, who had the Aramaic form in mind and corrected it by prefixing.

7. In the and  the characteristic  is regularly elided after the preformatives, thus, ; but it is retained in the  after prepositions, e.g. . The exceptions are in the imperfect,  for  ,  (in );  for  , ,  (cf. the proper name  , for which   [and  ); [  ,  ,  ] and  ; in the  (where, however, as in , , the  is generally to be read)   for ;  and  ;  ;  ;  ;  (doubly anomalous for ) ;  ;  ;  ;   (certainly corrupt);  for   (but in the city is probably meant);   ;  , ;  ;  (see, however, ) ;  : cf. further, from verbs, , ; on and , see above, k; for   read  or.

8. With regard to the tone it is to be observed that the afformatives and  in Hiphʿîl have not the tone, even in the  with waw consecutive (except in  before,  before , to avoid a hiatus); but the plural ending  (see ) always has the tone, e.g..

9. The passive (Hophʿal) has ŭ instead of Qameṣ ḥaṭuph in the first syllable, in the strong verb less frequently in the perfect and infinitive, but generally in the participle, through the influence of the initial (but cf.  ); e.g.   (beside  );   , part.   (beside  )  ; in the partic. Hoph. without elision of the : ; on the other hand, verbs  always have ŭ (in a sharpened syllable):,  (cf. ).

10. The has in  (as in )  in the last syllable, e.g.  and  ;. An does not occur in the strong verb.

11. With regard to the, see above, , note.

12. According to Böttcher (, § 906) and Barth (see above, ) a number of supposed imperfects Hophʿal are, in fact, imperfects of the passive of. As in the case of the perfects passive of Qal (see above, ) the question is again of verbs of which neither the corresponding causative (i.e. here the Hiphʿîl), nor the other tense of the same conjugation (i.e. here the perfect Hophʿal) is found; so with (for, cf. yuqtălŭ as imperfect Qal in Arabic) and , from  and ;  from  (cf. );   from ;  from ;   (cf. ) from ; Barth adds the verbs :   from ;   from ; the verbs :   from ;  &c. from ; the verb : from ; the verbs :, ,  from ,  and. On &c.,. In point of fact it would be very strange, especially in the case of and, that of these frequently used verbs,