LESSON XXVII

• Lamed He Verbs - a verb whose final root consonant is h

• Distinctive Characteristics

• All perfects without afformatives end in hf

• All imperfects without afformatives end in he

• All imperatives without afformatives end in h"

• All infinitives construct drop final h together with the vowel that precedes it and replace them with tO

• Infinitives absolutes end either in ho (qal, nifal, piel, pual, and hithpael) or h" (hifil, hofal, and piel)

• All masculine singular participles (except qal passive) end in he which is changed to h" in the construct state

• Qal passive participle (ms) is patterned after the strong verb, except that y takes the place of the final h -- thus hUnfB becomes yUnfB
  

• In Sum:

• The Lamed He will disappear when a suffix is added

• Before consonant suffixes or afformatives a yod is preserved -- e.g. - fhyilfG

• Before vowel (or vocalic) afformatives the yod is lost -- e.g. - UlfG

• NOTE: 3fs qal hft:lfG - an old tav returns - all other forms with vocalic afformatives are simply shortened by the dropping of h together with the vowel or vocal sheva that precedes it.

• The Lamed He has "thematic" vowels - in certain verbal forms there will be a vowel preceding the lamed he.

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