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   and , &c., are most simply explained from the return of this ĭ.

5. As an exception, the sometimes has a  instead of the, e.g. ,  (unless the  or , as in ver. 10, is to be read), cf. ; .—The first person always has the form, not , cf. .—In the the plural  (from, with depression of ô to û, cf. ) is found in ; cf. . While in these cases some doubt may be felt as to the correctness of the Masoretic pointing, much more is this so in the perfect nulledhû,, , for  which appears to be required by the  in the initial syllable.

6. In the elision of the first radical  sometimes takes place after  (as in the case of, ), e.g.  for , ,  for , verse 53, from , which may also be a true verb  (on the other hand, in , , , , a  of  is required by the context; but as this, being a transitive perfect, ought to have the form  according to , perhaps we should read ). So from a verb, of the second class, for , ; cf. (the points either to   or  ).

7. The, instead of the usual form , sometimes has î in the second syllable; ;   (before , hence probably a mere mistake for ). On the uncertainty of the tone in see. When closed by a guttural the second syllable generally has ă, as, , cf. also  (as in the infin. constr.  ; see ). On the other hand, î always appears when the syllable is open, thus, , and so also before suffixes. (, see ) is irregular.—The and the imperfect consecutive Hiphʿîl when the tone is drawn back take  in the second syllable, as in , e.g. , , before ; cf. and after ;  (  is anomalous); in, however, also  as ,  (usual  in  , &c., which occurs even without the pause after , , , , &c.). With a final guttural and   and  &c.; with a final  in   : on , cf. ).—On forms like, see.

In Hophʿal ô stands instead of, in (for ) ,  , and perhaps in  (for ) ; but cf. Delitzsch on the passage.—Ptcp.  Qere ( Keth).—An  with feminine ending occurs in , for =; cf. above, t, on, and § 71 at the end.

8. The verb, also belongs in some respects to the class, since it forms (as if from )  , with   (in   , &c.), 1st sing. (but in );   with suff. ( under the influence of the following palatal, as in, cf. also ); , , in the lengthened form  (as an interjection referring even to a feminine, , or a plural, ) and  ; Hiph.  (also in   2nd fem. imperative is to be read for , which probably arose merely through