Chapter Fifteen G Infinitives
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Hebrew has three nonfinite verbs: the participle, the infinitive absolute, and the infinitive construct.
Though the infinitive absolute is a verbal noun, its function is usually as an intensifying adverb with finite verbs from the same root.
The G infinitive absolute has a qāmes under the first radical and an unchangeably long hôlem (usually [ARABIC TEXT]) between the second and third radicals: [ARABIC TEXT].
The infinitive construct is also a verbal noun; its most common use is with the preposition [ARABIC TEXT] “to,” as in the English infinitive “to kill.”
The most common form of the G infinitive construct is [ARABIC TEXT], which bears a superficial resemblance to the stem of u-class prefix-conjugation verbs [ARABIC TEXT].