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to occur. In  occurs (for ). In the forms ,   (to be read also in verse 45 for , which has been erroneously assimilated to the singular occurring in vv. 48, 49, 56), and   (for which, however, read ), the third radical has been entirely lost.

, according to the common opinion either incorrectly lengthened for (from ʾišš, with assimilation of the Nûn of the ground-form ʾinš, which again has been attenuated from ʾanš from the stem ), or softened directly from ʾinš. It is, however, probable that a separate stem (?) is to be assumed for the singular ; consequently the stem ,