16.8 QI Geminate

Geminates and Biconsonantals can be tricky, but they are relatively infrequent - the best course is to build vocabularly knowledge and use the preformatives and sufformatives to identify

• The most frequent Geminate verbs are included as Hebrew GRAMMAR Quest vocabulary
• Note the attributes below but do not become overly concerned with them:
  • \(V_P = \bar A\) as in: יָ
  • Geminate Lose \(R_2\) - Dagesh Forte in remaining twin letter (unless word-final or guttural letter)
  • In alternate forms, the Dagesh appears in \(R_1\) and \(V_P = I\) (see table below)
  • There is also a Geminate form (let’s call it “Type 2”) that takes \(V_P = \bar E\)
  • \(V_S\) and Accent shift to \(V_1\)
• The most notable feature is that there will be a connecting vowel before a sufformative that starts with a consonant
  • QP2fp - סַבּוֹתֶן
  • QI2fp - תְּסֻבֶּ֫ינָה
• Otherwise, the Imperfect Preformatives/Sufformatives remain

	Gem	Gem (alt)	Gem T2	Strong
3ms	יָסֹב	יִסֹּב	יֵתַם	יִקְטֹל
3mp	יָסֹ֫בּוּ	יִסֹּּבּוּ	יֵתַ֫מּוּ	יִקְטְלוּ