1. When the letter י comes between a suffix and a noun, it shows that the noun is plural; as אַפָּיו his nostrils; the plural ם of ים ִ- being dropped.

2. Nouns which end in ה change their ה into ת when suffixes are added to the noun; as אִשָׁה a wife, אִשְׁתּוֹ his wife.

 

1 A few roots are pointed with ָ and ֵ ; as יָרֵא he feared, מָלֵא he filled.

2. A very few roots are pointed with ָ and -ֹ; as יָכֹל he was able.

 

The Infinitive and Imperative Piel has a Pattakh ( ַ ) or Kaumets ( ָ ) under the first radical, and a Dagesh generally (but not always) in the second radical.

 

The following examples will show the forms of the Imperative mood of roots whose last radical is רְאֵה ;ח ה see thou, look thou, from וֶהְיֵה) הֶיֶה הֱיֵה ;רָאָה) be thou, from עֲשֵׂה הָיָה make, do thou, from עָשָׂה

Note 1. י-ִ at the end is thou fem.; וּ is ye masc.; and ןָ ,ן ,נָח נָה or ןָ is ye feminine.

Note 2. Sometimes ה is changed into י as [blank] from [blank]

 

The letters א ה ו י ן are frequently placed at the end of verbs, nouns, particles, etc. for euphony: for example: [blank]

1. ח ה paragogic is very common at the end of the Imperative mood; and the first pers. sing. and plural of the future; as קְחָה fetch, take thou, from קוּמָה ;לָקַח arise thou, from אֲבָרְכָה ;קוּם I will bless for נֵלְכָה ;אֲבָרֵךְ we will go, for נֵלֵךְ from יָלַךְ.

Note 1. ה paragogic never occurs in Pual or Hophal.

Note 2. It is frequently found at the end of תָ thou; as נָתַתָּה נָתַתָּח

Note 3. It occurs twice at the end of the 3rd pers. future י he shall; and twice at the end of the 2nd pers. future ת thou shalt.

2. ן paragogic is very common after וּ ye or they; but uncommon after י ִ- thou shalt fem.; as תְּמֻתוּן ye shall die from יַחְסְרוּן ;מוּת from תִּדְבָּקִין ;חָסַר thou (fem.) shalt cleave. [p. 7]