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Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

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Level TwoFurther examples of such verbs corresponding to two-consonant PA’AL: run ~ say ~ run about chat live ~ stay make ready ~ understand ~ get oneself ready contemplateA further source of PO’EL and HITPO’EL: some three-consonant rootswith an identical second and third consonant have a regular PI’EL andHITPA’EL, whereas others (for no obvious reason) instead have a PO’ELand HITPO’EL: blow up (transitive) turn (transitive) run wild roam ! I’m turning it but it isn’t turning properly! blow up (intransitive) turn (intransitive) complain confront60 More plurals of nounsa Plurals ending in , a few (including some (stress -ayim). These are of two types:While most nouns form their plural with or very common nouns) use 1 Many nouns for objects that typically involve a pair of things, notablyparts of the body. Note, however, that this denotes the plural, notnecessarily two of something, thus:108 four legs

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