Unit 33

Question 1

There are 4

What are the pointing changes to I-guttural roots?

Answer 1

Hatef patah instead of vocal shewa
Equivalent reduced vowel instead of silent shewa
Hatef segol for qal yiqtols, wayyiqtols, imperatives and inf. constructs beginning with aleph
Compensatory lengthening instead of strong dagesh

Question 2

There are 3

What are the pointing changes to II-guttural roots?

Answer 2

Hatef patah instead of vocal shewa
Compensatory lengthening/virtual doubling in stems with the strong dagesh
Preference for patah

Question 3

1

What are the pointing changes for III-guttural roots?

Answer 3

Preference for patah