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 after the manner of verbs ); in the    ;  ; , ; in the , ; in the , , , , , all in  (, always before , hence perhaps only a scribal error).

5. In the jussive, imperfect consecutive, and a number of cases occur with î in the final syllable; cf. (in the parallel passages, );   (before );   (cf. , );  ;  , , , ;   ;   (in both cases before ). If the tradition be correct (which at least in the defectively written forms appears very doubtful) the retention of the î is to be attributed to the open syllable; while in the closed syllable of the 3rd ''sing. masc. and, and the 2nd sing. masc. after, the î is always reduced to ē''. In the examples before considerations of euphony may also have had some influence (cf. ).—In, Baer reads with the Western school , while the Orientals read in the  , and in the.

On the transition of verbs to forms of  see.

Brockelmann,, p. 149 ff.; , p. 618 ff.—G. R. Berry, ‘Original Waw in verbs’ in  xx. 256 f.

These verbs, like the verbs, belong to two different classes, viz. those originally and those originally, which in Arabic, and even more in Ethiopic, are still clearly distinguished. In Hebrew, instead of the original or  at the end of the word, a  always appears (except in the ptcp. pass. Qal) as a purely orthographic indication of a final vowel ; hence both classes are called, e.g.  for ;  for. By far the greater number of these verbs are, however, treated as originally ; only isolated forms occur of verbs.

may be recognized as originally, in the forms in which the appears as a strong consonant, cf. 1st ''sing. perfect Qal'', the   and the derivative ; on the other hand the  is. (with ). In (Arab. ) to answer, and  (Arab. ) to be afflicted, are to be seen two verbs originally distinct, which have been assimilated in Hebrew (see the Lexicon, s. v. ).