Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Harold Holmyard <hholmyard3 AT earthlink.net>]

Dear John,

> I don't think that's the answer, as the word KRT is classified as a 
> Strong Verb.
>
> So we have:
> $MR - Strong
> KRT - Strong
> BRK - 'Ayin Guttural
>   

Perhaps KRT is not viewed as being affected much 
by the changes that the resh is capable of 
bringing. BRK, however, is greatly affected 
because it has a large Piel usage. GKC says that 
the guttural verbs are really a variant of the 
strong verb, because the modifications required by 
the gutturals only affect the vowelization, not 
the consonants. The grammar adds that the only 
real weakness with guttural verbs is the entire 
omission of the strengthening in some of the 
middle-guttural verbs. This does happen with BRK, 
but surprisingly it does not seem to happen with 
KRT. GKC lists a couple of KRT forms as exceptions 
to this loss of strengthening of the second 
guttural. And there are only a couple of relevant 
KRT forms, since it does not have a Piel and only 
has these two forms in the Pual. Nor does it have 
the Hithpael. So perhaps that explains the 
difference in classification of the two verbs.
See GKC #62 and 64e.

Yours,
Harold Holmyard