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 only examples found have ô (not û), viz. ,, , and , , .—To the ĭ (instead of ă) of the preformative may be traced the   (analogous to the  and  , see below, ee),   for yiʿʿōr.—The   occurs in ; in  , the Masora assumes the elision of the  (for ); but probably   is intended (see ).— ,   are to be regarded as infinitives absolute.

III. On Hiphʿîl, Hophʿal, and Piʿlēl.

6. Examples of the without a separating vowel (see above, k), are:, &c. (see further, ); (from ) for hēmáth-tā (cf. );  1st ''plur. perfect Hiphʿîl'' from, even   , &c.; cf. ,, also , and  ; but elsewhere, with   ; cf. , and, &c.—In these cases the ē of the first syllable is retained in the secondary tone; elsewhere in the second syllable before the tone it becomes  (, &c.) or more frequently , and in the syllable before the antepenultima it is necessarily  (e.g.  ). Before a suffix in the 3rd ''sing. mase. (except ) and, and in the 3rd plur.'', the vowel of the initial syllable is , in the other persons always (König); on  , , cf. ,, , , , , , and above, i. The 3rd ''fem. perf. Hiph.''  is quite abnormal for  from  or.

As in verbs with  for their first radical, all the forms of   (where against the rule given under i we find  with ē instead of î), , , , and  , , take Pathaḥ in these conjugations instead of. The irregular  has evidently arisen from a combination of two different readings, viz. (from ) and (from ): the latter is to be preferred.—On  and  as a (metaplastic)  of, cf. .

7. In the, besides the short form (on   with Silluq, cf. ; but in  for  read the  ) the lengthened form  is also found. With suffix, &c. The   is irregular (for  ); perhaps  (as in ; cf. ) is intended, or it was originally.

In the, elision of the occurs in  ,  (for );   is added in  ; cf. , and the analogous  in biblical Aramaic, .—As   occurs in  (perh. also, ).—The  have ē, on the analogy of the , as the vowel of the preformative, like verbs. On, &c. (in ), see.

On the shortened forms of the (,, but always ; in the  also with retraction of the tone  ) see above, f. With a guttural or  the last syllable generally has  (as in ), e.g. , ; , ;  ;