1 Consolidating the Strong Verb

Consolidating the Perfect A. Three Variations for the Perfect 1. No sufformative — 3MS 2. Vocalic sufform.— 3FS, 3CP 3. Consonantal suf.— All 2nd & 1st

Consolidating the Perfect B. The First Syllable... In all of the derived stems, the first syllable is a closed, unaccented syllable with a normal short vowel. This is achieved via a stem prefix or the doubling of the second radical. Thus, the first syllable is consistantly the same in all of the derived stems. Moreover, you can you can rely upon the stem name for the voweling of the initial syllable. EXCEPTION: Qal 2nd Plurals where the first syllable is a vocalic sheva.

Consolidating the Perfect C. The Pink Patach Zone In all first and second person forms there is a patach under the second radical. The Pink Patach Zone meets The Pink Panther playing his Saxophone.

Consolidating the Perfect D. The Golden Sheva Zone In all forms with a vocalic sufformative (3FS and 3CP), there is a vocalic sheva under the second radical. SHEVA EXCEPTION: Hiphil

Consolidating the Imperfect A. Two Variations for the Imperfect 1. No sufformative — most Consonantal suf.— 3FP-2FP Only in Niphal and Hiphil do forms with consonantal sufformatives follow a different voweling pattern than those without any sufformative 2. Vocalic sufform.— 2FS-3MP-2MP B. Inflecting the Imperfect Memorize the imperfect stem “names”

Consolidating the Imperfect C. Imperfect Voweling in General Hithpael, Hophal, Huphal. The imperfect voweling for these stems is identical to their perfect voweling and so the stem name can be relied upon for their voweling in all forms except those with a vocalic sufformatives.

Consolidating the Imperfect C. Imperfect Voweling in General Pual — The imperfect voweling for the Pual is also identical to its perfect voweling; you just need to add a vocalic sheva under the preformative. Piel — Like the Pual, the Piel takes a vocalic sheva under the imperfect preformative, the rest of the voweling follows the pattern Pael as in Hithpael.

Consolidating the Imperfect C. Imperfect Voweling in General Qal — hireq + holam Niphal — niphal triangle + tsere Hiphil — patach + hireq yod D. Imperfect Voweling of 3FP-2FP Niphal — patach as in Niphal Hiphil — hireq yod reduces to a tsere

Consolidating the Imperfect E. The Golden Sheva Zone In all forms with a vocalic sufformative (2FS-3MP-2MP), there is a vocalic sheva under the second radical. EXCEPTION: Once again the Hiphil. SHEVA