John,
NG$ does not come in a Nifaal form but NGS does. For NGF it is:
NIGAFT = N-I-GAF-T (you, singular, female, past)
TINAGFIY = T-I-NAGF-IY (you, singular, female, future)
The A vowel is just a puff of air. The NI$MAR = NI-$MAR form contains the personal pronoun [or the pair of personal pronouns N-I for the subject and the object] NI [kind of ANI or AN-HI] for the person performing the act $MR upon itself. Thus, NI$MAR is 'he guarded himself'. Roots, such as NG$, NGS, NGF, that have the misfortune to start with the letter N lose one N, or one N gets to play at once the two roles of radical and pronoun. So, instead of *NINGAF it is NIGAF. To indicate a female actor Hebrew adds the personal pronoun AT [shortened to a mere T] to the end of the verb, to have NIGAFT. In an intended action, NI is replaced by TI [kind of ATI or AT-HI] to produce TINAGFIY = T-I-NAGF-IY, 'you will defeat yourself'---directly on indirectly. Notice that in the QAL form it is TI$MRIY = TI-$MR-IY and NI$MOR = NI-$M-O-R. I tend to think the inserted -O- is HO = HU for the object, the thing that we propose to guard.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jun 13, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Brak wrote:
Hello,
I think I might have found another typo in my grammar book.
What would be the Imperfect Nif'al 2FS of
NG#
Thanks in advance.
--
B"H
John Steven
"If you don't behave as you believe, you will end by believing as you
behave."
-Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen.
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