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Pa'al conjugation, roots ending in ה: לִקְנוֹת — to buy

Roots ending in ה: לִקְנוֹת, לִרְאוֹת, לִשְׁתּוֹת, לִרְצוֹת

The largest group of “irregular” verbs: the third root letter ה disappears or turns into י. They are easy to spot by the infinitive ending ־וֹת. Also: לִרְאוֹת (to see), לִשְׁתּוֹת (to drink), לִרְצוֹת (to want), לַעֲשׂוֹת (to do), לִבְכּוֹת (to cry), לִחְיוֹת (to live), לִבְנוֹת (to build), לִשְׂחוֹת (to swim), לַעֲלוֹת (to go up), לִפְנוֹת (to turn to).

PersonPastPresentFuture
Iקָנִיתִיkanitiקוֹנֶה / קוֹנָהkone / konaאֶקְנֶהekne
you (m)קָנִיתָkanitaקוֹנֶהkoneתִּקְנֶהtikne
you (f)קָנִיתkanitקוֹנָהkonaתִּקְנִיtikni
heקָנָהkanaקוֹנֶהkoneיִקְנֶהyikne
sheקָנְתָהkantaקוֹנָהkonaתִּקְנֶהtikne
weקָנִינוּkaninuקוֹנִים / קוֹנוֹתkonim / konotנִקְנֶהnikne
you (m pl)קְנִיתֶםknitemקוֹנִיםkonimתִּקְנוּtiknu
you (f pl)קְנִיתֶןknitenקוֹנוֹתkonotתִּקְנוּtiknu
they (m)קָנוּkanuקוֹנִיםkonimיִקְנוּyiknu
they (f)קָנוּkanuקוֹנוֹתkonotיִקְנוּyiknu
Infinitiveלִקְנוֹתliknot
Imperativeקְנֵה / קְנִי / קְנוּkne / kni / knu

The feminine present is קוֹנָה (not קוֹנֶת) and, without vowel points, looks like the 3rd person past קָנָה (he bought). Vowels and context tell them apart.

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