LESSON XXVIII
- Pe Nun Verbs - a verb whose initial root consonant
is n (the
first letter is the n)
- Distinctive Characteristics - Four Basic Changes
- When in a form the n consonant has the sheva ( :n ) the n drops and becomes a dagesh
forte in the next letter (to the left). This happens in the qal imperfect, nifal
perfect, nifal participle, and hifil and hofal.
- Qal imperfect - e.g. lop:niy becomes loPiy
- Nifal perfect - e.g. $ag:nin becomes $aGin
- The n is lost in many imperatives
- The n is lost in many infinitive constructs resulting in a
segolate forms
- e.g. - $g:n becomes te$eG
- In the hofal the preformative vowel reverts to a quibbus.
- All intensives (piel, pual, and hithpael)
are regular
- In some cases the last n of a verb may disappear - note especially
the qal infinitive construct of
}atfn (he gave) it is t"T (to give)
- Note: xaqfl acts like a Pe Nun
VOCABULARY
| [+bn] |
(Hif) he saw, looked upon |
| vfgfn
|
he smote, struck |
| xadfn
|
he drove out, banished,
expelled |
| radfn
|
he vowed |
| [lhn] |
(Pi) he led, guided, refreshed |
| hfzfn
|
he (it) spurted, spattered;
(hif) he sprinkled |
| (a+fn
|
he planted |
| $a+fn
|
he left, forsook |
| [hsn] |
(Pi) he tested, tried |
| (asfn
|
he set out, departed,
journeyed |
| [bcn] |
(Nif) he stationed himself,
took his stand; (Hif) he stationed, set, caused to stand |
| racfn
|
he watched, guarded, kept |
| [hqn] |
he was clean, innocent,
guiltless |
| [{qn] |
he avenged, took vengeance |
| [g&n] |
(Hif) he reached, overtook,
attained |
| jatfn
|
he pulled down, broke down |
| liyax |
strength, wealth, army |
| hflAxan |
(F) possession, inheritance |
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