RULE: The Qal infinitive construct is the only verb form which can be prefixed by a preposition. Its sign is usually a holem, either plene or defectiva, after the second root letter. It can usually be translated by an English infinitive or -ing-noun called a gerund. Although our lesson’s word לְרָחְצָה does not follow this rule, it does in other attestations in which it appears according to the common rule: לִרְחֹץ The feminine ending on our lesson verse’s infinitive is most often seen on stative