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 vowel ŭ coalesces into ǔ; so throughout, e.g.  for hŭwšabh; but with a preceding a the  is contracted into ô ; so in the  and  and throughout , e.g.  from an original năwšăbh,  from an original hăwšîbh.

The first radical always appears as in the  and, , &c., , , even when  precedes, e.g.  (but , according to ), also throughout  and , e.g. , , and in the  and  ,  (from ), and, as a rule, also in Hithpaʿel, e.g. , ,  (as against , &c., with ).

The beginner may recognize verbs in the  partly by the  under the preformatives; in  and  by the   before the second radical. (The defective writing, as in, is rare.) Verbs have forms like , , in common with verbs. Similarly has the same form as in verbs  and.

Rem. 1. The of the weaker form (, ground-form šibt, ; cf. above, c) with suffixes is pointed as,  (the strong form only in  ). The masculine form is very rare, e.g., , as also the feminine ending , e.g. ,   ; , ; 2 to descend, , where the change of the ē into vocal  is to be explained, with König, from its position between the principal and secondary tone. From, under the influence of the guttural, is formed, with suff. , &c.; but from ,. From there occurs in  in   (the  requires ) a very remarkable case of the strong form (for ). For  (generally explained as a case of assimilation of  to  in the supposed ground-form ladt; according to Mayer Lambert pausal of =lidt, see above, c) read simply.

Examples of the strong form of the are, , with preposition   (but  according to Ben Naphtali , where the  is only retained orthographically, but is really assimilated to the ; the reading of Ben Asher, , accepted by Baer, is meaningless);  ;   is irregular, but probably  (for ) is intended. With suff.. , cf. , ; with ,. On, which is likewise usually referred to this class, cf. the note on.