Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

Level TwoAnd a verb with a final (see 58(d)), ‘go out’:FutureInfinitive. . . , , Imperative , ,These roots also yieldknown’ and ‘take out’. ‘take down’, ‘let know’, ‘be55 ‘Cross-over’: roots with initial ï ,½ ,® ,N , LSibilants are the consonants that ‘hiss’: , , , , . Where a root beginswith a sibilant (e.g. --), Hebrew does not allow the binyan HITPA’ELto create forms like . Instead, to make the prefix more distinctphonetically from the of the root, the crosses in front of the of theprefix: ‘go crazy’. Similarly for and :ROOT:--HITPA’EL: not . . . but ROOT:--HITPA’EL: not . . . but endanger oneselfscratch oneselfThis phenomenon, called ‘sibilant cross-over’, similarly affects fourconsonantroots:---HITPA’EL: not . . . but ROOT:Cross-over applies to all forms, thus:get bored . . . , . . . . . . , , , and the corresponding action nouns:96 endangering oneself