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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 versa:

Dual Gendered Nouns

Several words can be treated as both masculine and feminine:

  • מחנה – Compare Tehillim 27:3 where it is treated as feminine (תַּחֲנֶה עָלַי מַחֲנֶה) with Bereshit 33:8 (and many other verses), where it is treated as masculine (הַמַּחֲנֶה הַזֶּה). See also Bereshit 32:9 where in the very same verse it takes both a feminine and masculine adjective (הַמַּחֲנֶה הָאַחַת וְהִכָּהוּ... הַמַּחֲנֶה הַנִּשְׁאָר).
  • שמש –
  • חצר
  • בית
  • מקום
  • רוח
  • Rashi Bereshit 32:9, Shemot 35:17, Shemuel I 1:9, Yeshayahu 35:9, Yechezkel 2:9.

Androgynous Verbs

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

 

Pausal Form