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REMARKS:

1. Words which are 'classic' and well known are written with no waw in the writing hasar haniqud:

לֹא; כֹּה; פֹּה are written לא; כה; פה.

 2. See ptr N-d02.A

A.

A group of masculine nouns:

תֹּם | תום ----- completeness, integrity (Psa 25:21

דֹּר | דור ----- generation (Exo 3:15f

עֹז | עוז ----- strength (Psa 62:12

בֹּץ | בוץ ----- mud

REMARK: Sometimes this pattern serves as for construct state as well:

תֹּף מִרְיָם | תוף ----- (the) timbrel of (Mary) (cf. Isa 5:12)

תֹּף ----- timbrel, tambourine (Isa 5:12

B.

Adjective 'kol' follows this pattern in the niqud when it stands for a noun meaning 'the whole', 'all things'.

כֹּל | כול ----- all, every (Rut 2:11

ה' יֹדֵעַ אֶת הַכֹּל | ה' יודע את הכול

God knows everything

Remark: the shortening 'ה means 'God' (more acurately, Israel's God)

When it comes with a noun, the adjective "kol" follows pattern N-d10 in the niqud and takes no waw in the hasar haniqud:

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כָּל-הָעִיר | כל-העיר ----- (the whole town (Rut 1:19

כֹּל ----- all, every (Rut 2:11

למרות הכול

כל האנשים

C.

Feminine singular form of some demonstrative adjectives/pronouns:

זֹה | זה ----- this one (female) (2Ki 6:19

D.

Some adverbs:

עֹד | עוד ----- still, yet, again (Jer 13:27f

לֹא | לא ----- not (Exo 20:3

פֹּה | פה ----- here (2Ki 3:11

כֹּה | כה ----- so, this way (Gen 15:5

E.

Two qal verbal forms of verbs ע”ע. [Remember: these are called "k'fulim"]:

1.

Qal construct and/or absolute infinitive:

סֹב | סוב ----- to go around (Deu 2:3

סָבַב ----- to go around (Eze 42:19

תֹּם | תום ----- to be complete (Lev 25:29

תָּמַם ----- #) to be complete

2.

2nd. person masculine singular imperative:

REMARK. Only verbs taking a holam in their 2nd. root consonant in the first person singular imperfect qal follow this pattern.

סֹב! | סוב! ----- go around! (you male) (1Sa 22:18

סָבַב ----- to go around (Eze 42:19

גֹּל! | גול! ----- roll away! (you, male) (Pro 16:3

גָּלַל ----- #) to roll away

F.

Three qal verbal forms of verbs ע”ו. [Remember: in these the construct infinitive stands for the root]:

1.

Qal construct infinitive:

שֹׁב | שוב ----- to go back (Jos 2:16

(לָ)שׁוּב ----- to come back (Exo 4:21

בּשׁ | בוש ----- to be ashamed (2Ki 2:17

בּוֹשׁ ----- to be ashamed (Jer 6:15

2.

2nd. person masculine singular imperative:

בֹּא! | בוא! ----- come! (you, male) (Gen 7:1

בּוֹא ----- to come (Gen 39:16

3.

3rd. person masculine singular of the past:

בֹּש | בוש ----- he) was ashamed

בּוֹשׁ ----- to be ashamed (Jer 6:15

G.

In the Bible, anomalous form of the construct qal infinitive of a few verbs

(לֵ)רֹא ----- (to) fear (1Sa 18:29

יָרֵא ----- to fear (Gen 19:30

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