1. The Infinitive Absolute is a verbal noun. Like the Infinitive Construct, the Infinitive Absolute is not inflected for person, gender, or number – so there is only one form to memorize! 2. The Qamets – Holem Waw vowel pattern of the strong verb also occurs in most weak verb types. 3. The Holem Waw stem vowel may be written defectively as Holem.
1. The Infinitive Absolute is a verbal noun. Like the Infinitive Construct, the Infinitive Absolute is not inflected for person, gender, or number – so.
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1. The Infinitive Absolute is a verbal noun.
Like the Infinitive Construct, the Infinitive
Absolute is not inflected for person, gender,
or number – so there is only one form to
memorize!
2. The Qamets – Holem Waw vowel pattern of
the strong verb also occurs in most weak
verb types.
3. The Holem Waw stem vowel may be written
defectively as Holem.
4. The Infinitive Absolute does not occur with
prepositional prefixes or pronominal
suffixes, unlike the Infinitive Construct.
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