§ 56. Quadriliterals.

On the origin of these altogether secondary formations cf. § 30 p.While quadriliteral nouns are tolerably numerous, only the following examples of the verb occur:

(a) On the analogy of PiÇeÒl: ~ser>Ki, imperfect hN"m,ñs.r>k;y> he doth ravage it, y Ps 80:14 from ~s;K', cf. ~w:G". Passive vp;j]r†u to grow fresh again, Jb 33:25. Participle lB'r>kum. girt, clothed (cf. Aramaic lb;K. to bind), 1 Ch 15:27. It is usual also to include among the quadriliterals zver>P; Jb 26:9, as a perfect of Aramaic form with PathahÌ not attenuated. It is more correctly, however, regarded, with Delitzsch, as the infnitive absolute of a PiÇlel formation, from fr;P' to spread out, with euphonic change of the first f to v, and the second to z. Moreover, the reading zfer>P; also is very well attested, and is adopted by Baer in the text of Job; cf. the Rem. on p. 4:8 of his edition.

(b) On the analogy of HiphÇiÖl: lyaim.f.hi, by syncope lyamif.hi and lymif.hi to turn to the left (denom. from laomf.) Gn 13:9, Is 30:21, &c. On WxynIòz>a,h†, cf. § 53 p.