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 the 1st pers.  and , which is apparently (from the  with the i), intended for an : instead of it, however, read, with the Mantua edition,  (with ĭ, according to ). But  (for ),   (for ), and   (see above) are due to a mistake, since all three forms must be derived from the stem. Furthermore,  (where certainly  is to be read);   (cf. );  ;  ;  ;  ;  (from ), ;   (for ), according to other readings (on the analogy of the cases mentioned in ),  or.

Paradigm I shows the weak forms of the, and merely indicates the other conjugations, which are regular.

Rem. 1. In the derived conjugations only isolated weak forms occur: , ; Hiph.   (but the statement in verse 17 is , therefore Qal); equally doubtful is the punctuation of  (for ?) and he laid wait, , and ,  (on the analogy of verbs ); cf. also (ô from â) I give to eat, ;  (ô from â) I will destroy, ;    (for ); the  appears to require the , from  as a secondary form of ; but = for  as  is not impossible. On, cf. .—  (= unless it is rather infin. Hiph. from ); ,  (clearly by false analogy of verbs , for );   (from ). (On the same form used for the in, cf. .)

2. In the the  is sometimes elided (like  in, ), thus  (as in Aramaic and Samaritan) teaching, for  ;  (if not a mere scribal error) for  ; , , for  as ;  ; cf. .

Brockelmann,, p. 141 f.; , p. 596 ff.

Verbs which at present begin with Yôdh when without preformatives are divided into two classes according to their origin and consequent inflexion: (a) Verbs which (as still in Arabic and Ethiopic) originally began with, e.g. , Arab. and Eth. wălădă. In consequence of a phonetic change which prevails also with few exceptions in the noun, this in Hebrew and Aramaic always becomes a, at least when it is the initial consonant; but after preformatives it either reappears, or is again changed into