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Gender

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Nonconformity between Subject and Gender Sometimes a feminine noun will take a masculine verb or vice verca:

Words which can be either masculine or feminine: Several words can be treated as both masculine or feminine:

Androgynous Verbs

Sometimes a verb will combine a masculine and feminine form. For example:

  • Bereshit 30:38: "וַיֵּחַמְנָה בְּבֹאָן לִשְׁתּוֹת" (as opposed to the expected ותחמנה) and see Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, Shadal and R. D"Z Hoffmann.
  • שמואל א ו׳:י״ב
  • יחזקאל ל״ז:ז׳
  • דניאל ח׳:כ״ב

 

Pausal Form