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 (a) On the analogy of :, ,  from , cf. ., .   (cf. Aramaic ),. It is usual also to include among the quadriliterals, as a  of Aramaic form with  not attenuated. It is more correctly, however, regarded, with Delitzsch, as the of a Piʿlel formation, from, with euphonic change of the first  to , and the second to. Moreover, the reading also is very well attested, and is adopted by Baer in the text of Job; cf. the Rem. on p. 48 of his edition.

(b) On the analogy of :, by syncope and  (denom. from ) , , &c. On cf. . C. Strong Verb with Pronominal Suffixes.

The accusative of the personal pronoun, depending on an active verb, may be expressed (1) by a separate word, the accusative sign (before a suffix, ) with the pronominal suffix, e.g. ; or (2) by a mere suffix,  or. The latter is the usual method, and we are here concerned with it alone. Neither of these methods, however, is employed when the accusative of the pronoun is. In that case a reflexive verb is used, viz. Niphʿal or Hithpaʿēl ( and ), e.g., not , which could only mean.

Two points must be specially considered here: the form of the suffix itself, and the form which the verb takes when suffixes are added to it (–).