The last non-finite verbal form associated with the Qal conjugation is the infinitive absolute. As its name suggests, it is a frozen form whose infixed vocalic pattern never changes, and whose basic meaning is not further defined by the addition of any consonantal morphemes. The form will not allow the suffixing of any extraneous morphemes (e.g., those for gender or number), and only the conjunction and hē-interrogative morphemes may be prefixed to it. Its vocalic pattern
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