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 Less common are the plene, forms,  ,  , , , ,. Moreover, for we find  ; for, five times  (, , &c.), and in  ; for  (, &c. [13 times]),  (only found in ;  ;  ), and  .—No instance of the 2nd fem. plur. occurs in the O.T.; in, &c., is used instead.

2. The preposition (with suffixes on the model of stems, ,  [ ], in  ; 2nd fem. , ) is united with the suffixes , , and  by a (pretonic) , which causes the sharpening of the Mêm to be distinctly audible: , ,  (so in , , both in principal pause, and often in very late passages, otherwise  is generally used). In the first person, besides, we also find (probably from original ; cf. Arab. ʿinda, beside, with).

3. It is but seldom that prepositions occur with verbal suffixes, as  (for which  ),   and   (here probably for the sake of the rhyme with ).

2. When pronominal suffixes are added to the prefixes (§ 102), there appears occasionally, especially in the case of the shorter suffixes, an endeavour to lengthen the preposition, so as to give it more strength and body. Hence to is appended the syllable  (see below, k), and  and  take at least a full vowel,  and  (, f).—The following deviations from the analogy of the noun with suffixes are to be noticed (a) in the pausal forms, , , ,  (not bèkhā, &c.); (b) in the similar forms with the suffix of the 2nd sing. fem. (not bēkh, &c.) and in, , , &c. (not bēnû, &c.).

(a)  with Pronominal Suffixes.