19.4 Qal Perfect Vowel and Accent Changes When a Pronominal Suffix is added
- Accent shifts to sufformative
- \(V_1\) reduces
- \(V_S\) is LONG in the 3rd person (usually reduces in 3cp)
- 2fs and 1cs are identical
- (QP2fp - \(\nexists\)120)
- Review these changes in the comparison table below
- Note that the right column displays the form of the verb WITHOUT a suffix - these forms are incomplete without a suffix and are not words by themselves
| QP | QP + Pron.* | |
|---|---|---|
| 3ms | קָטַל | קְטָל |
| 3fs | קָטְלָה | קְטָלַ֫ת |
| 2ms | קָטַ֫לְתָּ | קְטַלְתּ֫ |
| 2fs | קָטַלְתְּ | קְטַלְתִּ֫י |
| 1cs | קָטַ֫לְתִּי | קְטַלְתִּ֫י |
| 3cp | קָטְלוּ | קְטָל֫וּ |
| 2mp | קְטַלְתֶּם | קְטַלְתּ֫וּ |
| 1cp | קָטַ֫לְנוּ | קְטַלְנ֫וּ |
This is the mathematical symbol for “does not exist”; in our context, it means there are no examples of the QP2fp with a pronominal suffix in Scripture.↩︎