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163. Prefixed denotes the third person masc. future sing. and plur. of all verbs.

164. Prefixed, forms some appellative nouns, and many proper

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to צחק Isaac, from יצחק ;to collect לקט a scrift, from ילקוט names, as

laugh; py Jacob, from py to supplant.

465. Inserted, forms many nouns; and after the first radical, denotes the effect or consequence, from the participle active of the verb; for instance, from air breathing or in motion, comes n odour or exhalation. Inserted after the second radical, denotes the effect or consequence, from the participle passive, as Typ harvest, from nyp cut

down.

קצור

166. Inserted before the last radical, it denotes the Hiphil conjugation.

167. Postfixed, forms a national name, as y an Hebrew, "ayla a Canaanite.

168. Postfixed, forms the ordinal numbers, third, “y” fourth, &c. And observe, that in these ordinal nouns of number, is not only postfixed, but frequently, as here, inserted also before the last radical.

תפקדי

169. Postfixed, denotes the 2d person fem. future and imperative, as "pen thou (woman) shalt visit; p visit thou (woman), and sometimes the second person fem. preter, as, ' and '묬 Ruth iii. 3; Jer. xiii. 21. Comp. Jer. xxii. 23. xxxi. 21, and Ezek. xvi. 19, 'лn; ver. 20, ''; ver. 37, nyp and ''; ver. 43,

so ver. 47, 51.

and nwy;

170. Postfixed, is the sign of the masculine plural in regimine, as

kings of the earth. Comp. rule 25.

171. Postfixed, is formative in some nouns, both substantive, as

-af עני,violent אכזרי ,free חפשי fruity and adjective, as פרי,Lord אדני

flicted, poor.

172. Postfixed to a noun, denotes the pronominal suffix my, as "77 my word; to a verb, me, as "po he visited me.

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173. Prefixed, is a particle of similitude, like, as, according to, when.* 174. Postfixed to a noun, thy, as thy word; to a verb, thee, as TPD he visited thee.

* From 2 thus.

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175. Prefixed only, to, for, &c,*

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176. Prefixed, is a particle, from, &c.t or comparatively, than. 177. Prefixed denotes the participle of Hiphil and Huphal (and with n added, of Hithpael), whence

178. Prefixed, forms many nouns, signifying the instrument, or mean, or place of action, as from ja to protect, ¡ a shield, an instrument of protection; from П to sacrifice, n an altar; so with n or n at the end of the word, many feminine nouns, as nupp instrument or mean of ruling.

179. Postfixed to a noun, is a pronominal suffix, their, as 0777 their word; to a verb, them, as op he visited them.

180. Postfixed with 1, forms the noun D redemption, from 15 to redeem.

181. Postfixed, forms some adverbs, as DD Dn gratis, from 1 to be kind, gracious; DD op" vainly, from p vain.

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by day, from ov' day; truly, from 1

truth;

182. Prefixed, forms the preter and participle of the conjugation

Niphal.

183.

184.

the first person plural future of all verbs.

-- some few appellative nouns, as ñ an ant, from to crop; ¡13 a mutterer, whisperer, from ¡♫ to whisper. 185. Postfixed, them and their, feminine.

to קרב an offering, from קרבן forms many nouns, as

a memorial, from

186. approach; especially with 1 preceding, as to remember; v drunkenness, from 1 to inebriate.

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187. Prefixed only, denotes the relative who, which.‡ the particle that, because.

188.

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189. Prefixed, denotes a noun, as masc. πn a disciple or scholar,

* From s to.

From P or from na to distribute.

From ws who.

from to teach; masculine plural 0'5" Teraphim, from 5 to venerate; feminine nɔnn a prayer, means of obtaining favour, from ¡n to be gracious: also a particle, as nnn under, from na to descend.

190. Prefixed denotes the second person future of both numbers and genders; and the third person future feminine sing. and plur. 191. Postfixed, denotes the second person preter sing. of all verbs. in regimine for fem. See rule 26.

192.

193.

up to fumigate.

forms many nouns feminine, as np incense, from

The above table of the serviles should be carefully perused by the learner, and continually consulted by him, when in words he meets with letters for which he cannot account.

RULES

For finding the Root in Lexicons.

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194. Reject all affixes, and letters acquired in forming; if three letters remain, that is the root. If only two, add' or ' in the beginning (and in the deflections of mph to take, h), or in the middle, or at the end, or double the second radical letter-for instance, if the word 10 occurs, 20 is the root,

195. Observe is to be added at the beginning, 1 in the middle, or at the end, much more frequently than 3 or are to be supplied. 196. If, after rejecting the affixes and formative letters, only one letter should remain, add or ♪ to the beginning, and at the end.

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RULES

For finding the Root in Mr. Parkhurst's Lexicon.

197. Reject all affixes, and letters acquired in forming;* if three

* In doing this, verbs in Hithpael may give sometimes trouble to the learner. the characteristic is ordinarily to be cast off. When

letters remain, that is generally the root: thus in the word n'UNTI, Gen. i. 1, is a particle or affix signifying in, rule 148, ♫ a termination of nouns, see rule 16, therefore w is the root.

198. But if, after rejecting the affixes and formative letters, the word hath 1 or inserted (unless before 7), you must reject them also, and then you will †generally find it under the two remaining letters. (Comp. rule 98.) Thus in 7, Gen. i. 17, is a particle to or for, rule 175. n the sign of conjugation Hiph. rule 149. then remaining, you must also reject', and look for the root . Observe that when or is the middle, and the final letter of the root, the

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.רוח היה כוה or is retained, as in

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199. If, after rejecting the affixes and formative letters, only two letters remain, that is frequently the root. Thus in D', Gen. i. 1, is a particle emphatic, the, by rule 150, a is the termination of a noun masculine plural, by rule 19. D therefore remains for the root. 200. But if, in this case, you cannot find it as a two-lettered root, add' or to the beginning of the word, and to the deflections of p to take, (comp. rules 89. 93, 94, 95) or 7, and more rarely to the end. (Comp. rules 102, 103, 104.) Thus in лyn, Gen. ii. 9, n is emphatic, the, rule 150, n is a feminine termination, rule 193; these then being rejected, y remains; but not finding this in a two-lettered form, I add Yod to the beginning, and find it under root yr. Again, in np" and he took, Gen. ii. 15, 1 is a particle, and, rule 157; is the sign of the third person masculine future, rule 163; np then remaining, I add to the beginning, and look for ph. In Gen. i. 2, is the sign of the N. masc. plur. in regimine, rule 25; this therefore being rejected, and not finding the root 1 in a two-lettered form, I add to the end, and look for П.

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201. If, after rejecting the affixes and formative letters, only one Tetter should remain, add ' or ♪ to the beginning, and to the end.

the first radical is 7, 0, or л, the servile n is sometimes omitted. When or is the first radical, the servile л is put after it. When the first radical is the characteristic ♬ is not only transposed, but sometimes changed into D.

*In some verbs, the 1 in the middle is radical and immutable, as

שועצות in

Thus Gen. xiv. 15, in D, 1 is a connexive particle, and, rule 157,
⚫ the sign of the third person masculine future, rule 163, and □ a suf-
fix, them, rule 179, 100; there remaining then only the letter, pre-
fix to the beginning, and add to the end, and look for the root
7. Comp. rule 107.

- 202. Nouns or particles of two letters ending in ' must usually be
sought under roots with for the final letter, as for the mouth, see
n; but for that, seen; and sometimes such nouns belong to
roots with for the middle letter, as a burning to m.

203. Reduplicate words must be sought under their simple ones;

.110 ,109 .Comp. R .הפך see הפכפך for גל see גלגל and גלל thus, for

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