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Verbs
The modifications of verbs are very numerous and exact.
gīr an adverb of emphasis (=indeed) is frequently used with the past indicative.
There are causative and permissive voices answering to the Hebrew hiphil and hophal:
for example from ƞummil = see is formed ƞummilmulle = caused to see, shewed.
from būma = strike, beat, is formed būmānabille = will allow to be beaten.
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