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 3. When begins a syllable (consequently before afformatives which consist of or begin with a vowel, as well as before suffixes) it is necessarily a firm consonant, and the form then follows the analogy of the strong verb, e.g.  māṣeʿā,, &c. (in, ).

1. Verbs middle e, like, retain the also in the other persons of the , e.g.  (  has  owing to its transitive use; for   read with Ewald ). Instead of the form, on the analogy of the -forms noticed in , occurs in  (from , cf. ), and with a different meaning (it befalls) in , , in both places before , and hence, probably, to avoid a hiatus (on the other hand,  , could only be the and sing. masc.; the text which is evidently corrupt should probably be emended to  with the LXX); in   ; in   .—The 2nd fem. sing. is written  by Baer, , &c., according to early MSS.

2. The ''infin. Qal'' occurs sometimes on the analogy of verbs (, &c., see ) in the feminine form; so always  (as distinguished from ),, , , , , also written  , , &c., and. Cf. further, ;  ; before suffixes,, and likewise in Niph. ; also in   , , or  , &c. ; with suffix .—On the (aramaïzing) infinitives and, see ; on , .—, , stands, according to , for. The tone of the lengthened   as  (before ) is to be explained on rhythmical grounds; cf. the analogous cases in .—The and ''fem. plur. imperative in has, according to Qimḥi'', the form  and in verse 20 ; on the other hand, the Mantua edition and Ginsburg, on good authority, read,.

3. The is commonly contracted, e.g.  (for ), cf. ; so ,  (but  ), and , ; less frequent forms are  ;   (cf. ,  beside  as  from ) and without  (see k)  (from ). In the forms, , cf. ;, , the is elided, and is only retained orthographically  after the retraction of its vowel; see the analogous cases in .—On the ''plur. masc. ptcp. Niph.'' cf. .

4. Frequently an which is quiescent is omitted in writing : (a) in the middle of the word, e.g.  ; , cf. ;, cf. . In the , ,  (but the same form occurs with  pleonastic after the manner of verbs  in , according to the common reading; cf.  and ); in   (after elision of the , cf.  ) ; and also in   ; cf. . (b) at the end of the word;  ;  , cf. ( for  of  formed