...Does this in fact apply to WAYYIQTOLs, which for the first person start vav-qamats-alef or vav-patah-nun-dagesh? I can only find 669 words starting with these combinations, and very likely some of them are not verbs at all. So what are the otherat least 46? Does you in fact also include WEYIQTOL forms, in which the vav is generally pointed with sheva?
The data above includes only WAYYIQTOLs. The table which the comments above relates to, refers to 715 WAYYIQTOLs of 1st person singular/plural. Of these, 101 have a paragogic he ("cohortative"), 51 are apocopated; 103 could have been apocopated but are not; and 460 could not be apocopated. This shows clearly that non-apocopation was the trend for 1st person-forms; the opposite of what we would expect if a short form was sought whenever possible because the antecedent was a short YAQTUL.
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