12.7 Lexical Form for Verbs

The lexical form is how you would locate the word in a dictionary

• As Izzy discussed in the introductory video, the lexical/dictionary form for verbs is almost always the Qal Perfect 3rd Person Masculine Singular⁹⁶
• For the verb מָלַכְתִּי (I was king):
  • The root is מלך (no vowels)
  • The lexical form is מָלַךְ (take the root and inflect it as QP3ms form)

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96. Biconsonantal verbs are exceptions↩︎