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    is found under the preformative in , and a  occurs before  (with a virtual sharpening of the ) in such forms as  ; cf. ,, , , —in all these cases before .—On , see above, p: on  , see below, dd.

7. In the of verbs whose second radical is a guttural, ă is retained  in the second syllable instead of ĕ, e.g.  : so also with, as  , —but cf. also.

8. Aramaïzing forms (but cf. Rem. ) in and  are, , &c.; cf. ;, but read  from :   (cf. ), but  , , ; , ;  ; without elision of the  (cf. ),  , but  ,  ; with î in the second syllable  , ; cf. ; in the. In, , ; , (plur.  , ); in ,  , but also   (so Baer, Ginsb., but ed. Mant., Jabl. ); with ŏ in the initial syllable,  ( with suffix = , cf. )  f., cf. ;, with irregular syncope for ,.

IV. In General.

9. Verbs are most closely related as regards inflexion to verbs  (§ 72). The form of verbs is generally the shorter (cf. e.g.  and,  and ); in a few cases, however, the two classes exactly coincide, e.g. in the  and  with , in  and in the less common conjugations (see above, l).

10. The developed forms (with three radicals), as mentioned in a, are especially frequent in the 3rd ''sing. masc. and, and the 3rd plur. perf. Qal'' (i.e. in forms without an afformative or with an afformative beginning with a vowel) of transitive verbs, or verbs, at any rate, expressing action, e.g., (but before a suffix also , as well as ,  &c.); , , , &c. Sometimes the contracted, as well as the uncontracted form, is found, e.g. ; in other parts, only , as well as     and. Other examples of biliteral forms in 2nd ''sing. masc. are, ; in 1st sing.'',. A part from Qal the only example of a developed form is.

On the other hand, the biliteral forms are the more common in the 3rd sing. and plur. of perfects which are intransitive, and express a state; cf. (elsewhere always a transitive verb);, ; ,   (for marrā); ,   (cf.  ); , ,  ,  &c.; plur. ,  &c. (but on the tone, cf. ee below). Exception,.

The intransitive but developed perfects (also ),, ,  (in  ), ,  (plur. in   ), ,  (also ), almost all have, as Mayer Lambert observes, at least an active, not a stative meaning. Triliteral forms of the after  are  ;  ;   (also  ); cf. also, in subordinate pause, for ; with suffix  , and, from the same