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 ;  : in their vowels,  ;  ;  : in both,  ; cf. , ;  ;   (cf.   );  (participle fem. Qal) ;  ;  .—For  (so Baer,, cf. ), which can only be intended for  from =, read , according to , &c.

1. In a tolerably large number of verbs two radicals are weak letters, and are consequently affected by one or other of the anomalies already described. In cases where two anomalies might occur, usage must teach whether one, or both, or neither of them, takes effect.

Thus e.g. from, the is  in  and  in  (on the analogy of verbs );   (like a verb ), but the  again  (as ).

2. The following are examples of difficult forms, which are derived from doubly weak verbs:

(a) Verbs and  (cf. § 66 and § 74), e.g., imperative  ( , of which   is probably only an orthographic variation);   (for ; see the analogous noun-formations in ), also  , ;  ;   (perhaps only a scribal error); after the prefix  always  (otherwise the contracted form only occurs in  , with rejection of the );   for  ; wholly irregular are   (so Baer after Qimḥi; textus receptus, and also the Mantua ed., and Ginsburg, ) and   as infinitive absolute Niphʿal (on the analogy of the infinitive construct Qal?); but most probably  is to be read, with Driver.

(b) Verbs and  (cf. § 66 and § 75), as,. Hence, apocopated   and he bowed;  (so, probably, also  for )  and he sprinkled (from );  , imperfect , apocopated ,  (even with Athnaḥ ; but also ten times ),  ; so also  ;   (cf. );  , apocopated  (like , with ),  ,  ;  ,.

(c) Verbs and  (cf.§ 68 and § 75), as, ,. E.g., , plur. ;  (cf. )  for  (=);    for ;   ,  (cf. , ) for ,  ; Hiphʿîl perfect  for   ;  , , properly   from , whence , and, with the obscuring to ô, ; instead of the simple apocope  the  which had already become