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feminines also: (1) a tone-lengthened vowel on the removal of the tone reverts to its original shortness (thus the ā of the termination ־ָה becomes again ā in the construct st. ־ַת). On the other hand, even an originally short vowel is retained as (a long) pretonic vowel before the endings ־ָה and וֹת in the abs. st., e.g. צְדָקָה; (2) without the tone or foretone an originally short vowel almost always becomes Š^ewâ; on the other hand, before a vowel which had thus become Šewâ the ă in the first syllable which had hitherto also been reduced to Š^ewâ returns, although usually attenuated to ĭ, e.g. צִדְקַת from ṣădhăqăth; (3) in the plural of the feminines of segholate forms before the termination of וֹת or ־ִים, and in formations of the latter kind also before the light suffixes, a pretonic Qameṣ reappears, while the short vowel of the first syllable becomes Š^ewâ. This short vowel, however, returns in the construct st. plur., whether ending in וֹת or ־ֵי; in formations of the latter kind also before the grave suffixes.

The following Paradigms (with the exception of I, d) deal only with such of the forms treated in § 94 as incur some vowel changes or other. All forms with unchangeable vowels follow the analogy of Paradigm I, d.

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	I.
	a.	b.		c.	d.	e.
Sing. absolute	מַלְכָּה	[כִּלְיָה]	הֶרְפָּה	חָרְבָּה	חֻקָּה	[גְּבִירָה]
	(queen)	(kidney)	(reproach)	(waste)	(statute)	(mistress)
Sing. construct	מַלְכַּח		חֶרְפַּת	חָרְבַּת	חֻקַּת	גְּבֶ֫רֶת
Sing. with light suff.	מַלְכָּתִי		חֶרְפָּתִי	חָרְבָּתִי	חֻקָּתִי	גְּבִרְתִּי
Sing. with grave suff.	מַלְכַּתְכֶם		חֶרְפַּתְכֶם	חָרְבַּתְכֶם	חֻקַּתְכֶם	נְּבִרְתְּכֶם
Plur. absolute	מְלָכוֹת	כְּלָיוֹת	חֲרָפוֹת	חֳרָבוֹת	תֻקּוֹת
Plur. construct	מַלְכוֹת	כִּלְיוֹת	חֶרְפּוֹת[1]	חָרְבוֹת	חֻקּוֹת
Plur. with suff.	מַלְכוֹתַי	כִּלְיוֹתַי		חָרְבוֹתַי	חֻקּוֹתַי
Dual absolute			רִקְמָתַ֫יִם (a double piece of embroidery)			מְצִלְתַּ֫יִם (cymbals)

1. Only in ψ 69¹⁰, contrary to rule, with a firmly closed syllable, cf. § 93 m.