the 1st pers. Mi 4⁶ and אֹסִֽפְךָ 1 S 15⁶, which is apparently (from the Metheg with the i), intended for an imperfect Hiphʿîl: instead of it, however, read, with the Mantua edition, אֹֽסִפְךָ (with ĭ, according to § 60 f). But תֹּֽאסִפוּן Ex 5⁷ (for תּֽוֹס׳), וַיֹּ֫אסֶף 1 S 18²⁹ (for וַיּ֫וֹסֶף), and יאסף Jb 27¹⁹ (see above) are due to a mistake, since all three forms must be derived from the stem יָסַף. Furthermore, יֽׄמְר֫וּךָ ψ 139²⁰ (where certainly יַמְר׳ is to be read); תֹּבֵא Pr 1¹⁰ (cf. § 75 hh); וַתֹּפֵ֫הוּ 1 S 28²⁴; יוֹכְלוּ Ez 42⁵; תֹּֽמְרוּ 2 S 19¹⁴; וַתֹּ֫חֶז 2 S 20⁹; תֵּֽוְלִי thou gaddest about (from אָזַל), Jer 2³⁶; וַיֵּ֫תֵא Dt 33²¹ (for יֶֽאֱתֶה), according to other readings (on the analogy of the cases mentioned in § 75 p) וַיֵתֵ֫א, וַיֵּ֫תֶא or וַיֶּ֫תֶא.

Paradigm I shows the weak forms of the imperfect Qal, and merely indicates the other conjugations, which are regular.

 [i]  Rem. 1. In the derived conjugations only isolated weak forms occur: Perfect Niphal נֹֽאחֲזוּ Nu 32³⁰, Jos 22⁹; Hiph. וַיָּ֫אצֶל Nu 11²⁵ (but the statement in verse 17 is וְאָֽצַלְתִּי, therefore Qal); equally doubtful is the punctuation of וַיָּ֫רֶב (for וַיַּֽאֲרֵב?) and he laid wait, 1 S 15⁵, and אָזִין I listen, Jb 32¹¹ (on the analogy of verbs ע״וּ); cf. also אוֹכִיל (ô from â) I give to eat, Hos 11⁴; אֹבִ֫ידָה (ô from â) I will destroy, Jer 46⁸; וַיּוֹחֶר 2 S 20⁵ Q^erê (for וַיָּאח׳); the K^ethîbh appears to require the Piʿēl וַיְיַחֵר, from יחר as a secondary form of אחר; but וַיֵּיחַר=וַיֵּאחַר for וַיֶּֽאֱחַר as imperfect Qal is not impossible. On וָאֽוֹצְרָה Neh 13¹³, cf. § 53 n.—Infinitive לְהָכִיל Ez 21³³ (=לְהַֽאֲכ׳ unless it is rather infin. Hiph. from כּוּל); Participle מֵזִין giveth ear, Pr 17⁴ (clearly by false analogy of verbs ע״וּ, for מַֽאֲזִין); Imperative הֵתָ֫יוּ bring (from אָתָה) Jer 12⁹. (On the same form used for the perfect in Is 21¹⁴, cf. § 76 d.)

 [k]  2. In the Piʿēl the א is sometimes elided (like ה in יְהַקְטִיל, יַקְטִיל), thus מַלֵּף (as in Aramaic and Samaritan) teaching, for מְאַלֵּף Jb 35¹¹; יַהֵל (if not a mere scribal error) for יְאַהֵל Is 13²⁰; וַתַּזְרֵ֫נִי thou hast girded me, 2 S 22⁴⁰, for וַתְּאַזְּרֵ֫נִי as ψ 18⁴⁰; וָֽאַבֶּדְּךָ Ez 28¹⁶; cf. § 23 c.

 [a]  Verbs which at present begin with Yôdh when without preformatives are divided into two classes according to their origin and consequent inflexion: (a) Verbs which (as still in Arabic and Ethiopic) originally began with Wāw, e.g. יָלַד to give birth to, Arab. and Eth. wălădă. In consequence of a phonetic change which prevails also with few exceptions in the noun, this Wāw in Hebrew and Aramaic always becomes a Yôdh, at least when it is the initial consonant; but after preformatives it either reappears, or is again changed into