16.7 QI 1א “Angry Baker”

Although there are only six “Angry Baker” verbs, they are among the most common in the Bible

• There is a special class of 1א verbs that are irregular ONLY in the QI
• They are given the mnemonic “angry baker”:
  • "I said אמר,
  • I want אטה you
  • To eat אכל what
  • I bake אפה, or
  • I may seize אחז you¹¹⁵, and you
  • will perish אבד."
• \(V_P = O\) and the א in \(R_1\) is quiescent (usually \(V_S = A\))
  • QI1cs: NOT אֹא, BUT אֹ
• Although only a few verbs undergo this change, these verbs frequently appear in the Bible
  • אמר occurs 2,973 times

	Reg. 1א	Angry 1א	Strong
3ms	יֶאֱסֹף	יֹאמַר	יִקְטֹל
1cs	אֶאֱסֹף	אֹמַר	אֶקְטֹל
3mp	יַאַסְפוּ	יֹאמְרוּ	יִקְטְלוּ

• You saw this already with an earlier Ruth Pursuit. וַתֹּאמֶר is an “angry baker” verb.
• When prefixed with the Vav Consecutive (Lesson 17), the penult is usually accented (וַיֹּ֣אמֶר is not va-yo-MER, but va-YO-mer)

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115. “MAY seize” here is intentional. Sometimes אחז is regular and sometimes it is “angry.”↩︎