LESSON XXVI

• Lamed Alef Verbs - is a verb whose final consonant is an Alef.

• Similar to Lamed Guttural

• Two basic variations

• The Alef tends to quiesce (lose its value as a consonant) therefore likes nothing under it (there is no vowel pointing). This is notable particularly before consonant afformatives.

• E.g. - ft)fcfM yit)fcfM

• The vowel before the Lamed Alef is usually long. If it is not already long it is lengthened to a long "a" (qames) or sometimes the long "e" (sere).

• E.g. - )fcfm was )fc:min here the patah has changed to a qames

 

• A BeGaD KeFat letter standing immediately after a quiescent ) loses its dagesh lene.

• The stem vowel before hfn endings in the imperfect 3fp and 2fp, and in the imperative 2fp, is a segol in all stems of the Lamed Alef.

• Stative Lamed Alef verbs differ from other Lamed Alef verbs in three areas:

• The stem vowel before consonantal afformatives in the Qal perfect is sere rather than qames.

• In some verbs of this class the Qal active participle (ms) has the same form as the Qal perfect 3ms.

• In some verbs of this class infinitive construct forms sometimes end in hf or t

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