Gesenius' Hebrew grammar: 17th ed., with numerous corrections and additions, by dr. E. Rödiger. Tr. by T. J. Conant ... With grammatical exercises and a chrestomathy, by the translator.

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PART 11. PARTS OF SPEECIL

152 PART II. PARTS OF~~~ SPEH
xxxi. 40 (after the analogy of verbs lb), Hiph. 1hi~i (as a verb *), but in
Put. Hoph. iwl (as ',I)"
2. The following are examples of doubly anomalous verbs,
and of difficult forms derived from them:
a) Verbs bil and t6 (comp. ~~ 65 and 73); e. g. WMt to bear, Imp. WV, Inf.
constr. rlbtiV (for rn'"), also rbtivi (comp. ~ 73, Rem. 3), Fat. omp for
Mmi-6I Mr Ruth i. 14.
b) V'er"bs It and II (comp. H~ 65 and 74), as orr to bend, IM to smite.
Hence Fat. Kali = apoc. Vn1, T 'l and III and he sprinkled (from Mp);
Pret. Hiph. MM~, Put. ele", apoc.,,salo;Imp M pc
c)Verbs A and lri (comp. ii67 and 74), as Mrmto come, 1"r~ to bake.
Hence Put. MA" plur. bu l Deut. xxxiii. 21 for MM1 Put.
apoc. rMK1 Is. xli. 25 for rbt'i; Imp.~bt for 1-b '+ (~ 23, 4, Rem.
2, ~ 74, Rem. 4); Hiph. Imp. 11+~ fo r.1''Xo IsI. xxi4; Put. apoc. ~b~
1 Sam. xiv. 24, from M,!' to swear.
d) Verbs " and (comp. ~~ 68, 69, and 73), as btl to go forth, Imp. bt,
inf. MM Hiph. KwVrT.
e) 'Verbs G' and Hi$ ('ornp. ~ ~ 68, 69, and 74), e. g. 25~to throw, in Hiph.
to confess, to praise, properly tin, and I *', to throw, 1111 to be beautiful)
which are really ~.Inf.I* I, M~in;. Imp.!iaV; Put. with suff.
VI" we shot at them (from hIV'l), Num. xxi. 30; Piel I-in for ~~
fliph. ri'iM — Viri) inf. r~irin; Fut. "~%apoc2V. lmi
f) Verbs 4~ and ~$, particularly the verb. hi to come; Pret. bq nN,
once I.A for -M 1 Sam. xxv. 8; Hiph. M"i, II and r~0111 Fa~t.
"=b for M"Z Mic. i. 15; Imp. in Ruth. iii. 15. So "~ he refuses,
Hiph. from WU -Ps. cxli. 5.
Deserving of notice also, g) is the verb Vir to live, which is treated as
a verb YY and hence has 4M in the 3 Prel. Kal, Gen. iii. 22. In Hebrew it occurs only in this form. The synonymous and kindred stem r114
is in frequent use.
SECT. 76.
RELATION OF THE IRREGULAR VERBS TO ONE
ANOTHER.
1. Several classes of irregular verbs, e. g. those 11 and -I-, kt
and M#, )* and Vv, stand in a very intimate relationship, as appears from the similarity in their meaning and infiexion, from
the forms w~hich they have in common, and from their mutual
interchange of forms. The affinity consists, as a rule, in the
essential equality of two stemn-consonants of firm sound, to which
the common signification cleaves (biliteral root. ~ 30, 2), so that
the third feebler radical is not taken into account. Thus I=.1