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Posted: **Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:51 pm**

Jason writes

The -u- infix just represents passive in Hebrew outside of the niphal.

We are making great progress! The U in the פֻּעַל PUAL verbal form is no more a mere vowel, but it is actually an "infix". Moreover, it "just represents passive in Hebrew." We are almost there.

Isaac Fried, Boston University
www.hebrewetymology.com

Posted: **Fri Jun 18, 2021 10:05 am**

Isaac Fried wrote: ↑Thu Jun 17, 2021 5:51 pm Jason writes
The -u- infix just represents passive in Hebrew outside of the niphal.
We are making great progress! The U in the פֻּעַל PUAL verbal form is no more a mere vowel, but it is actually an "infix". Moreover, it "just represents passive in Hebrew." We are almost there.

Isaac Fried, Boston University
www.hebrewetymology.com

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