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  ;   ;, ; cf. , . Even in these examples a return to the original ending ay might be assumed; but perhaps they are merely due to a less correct writing. In the 3rd ''sing. perf. fem. the older form (see i) is always used before a suffix'', e.g.  (for ) ; in   ;.

VI. The Relation between Verbs.''

20. The close relation existing between verbs and  is shown in Hebrew by the fact that the verbs of one class often borrow forms from the other, especially in the later writers and the poets.

21. Thus there are forms of verbs —

(a) Which have adopted the vowels of verbs, e.g. , ;    sinning, , , ; cf. ; ;, ; Piʿēl perfect , ; cf. , (where, however, the  is perhaps intended),, ; , ; cf. ;  ; Niphʿal perfect  (like ) it was wonderful, ; Hiphʿîl perfect  ;  (not, cf. above, ) she hid,. On the other hand, forms like,  ,  , , according to the correct reading,  (cf.  ), and  from  , , , are due to the elision of the , see. On  and , see.

(b) Forms in, but keeping their vowels, e.g.   ;  , ; Niphʿal;   (which must evidently be a ; read with Ewald the   as in verse 23), and , , cf. ; Piʿēl imperfect,.

(c) Forms entirely of a character, e.g. , , cf. ;, ; cf. ;, , cf. ;  (see above, n) to sin,  (on  see above, ); ''imperative sing. fem. ;   (for ) he will keep back, ;, ;   ;   ; plur.  ;   ;   ; ,  (cf. , );    ; Piʿēl imperfect''  , cf. ; Hiphʿîl participle ; Hithpa‛el  ;. For the , Jablonski and others require as  the form  (so ); the  would have to be read , with elision of the  and retraction of the vowel.

22. On the other hand, there are forms of verbs, which wholly or in part follow the analogy of verbs , e.g. in their consonants , ;  (textus receptus );  ;  ;  ;  ;  , ;   (cf. );  (infin. absol. Niphʿal beside ) ;  ;