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The definite article was ''ʔaC-'' (from Biblical Hebrew ''*haC-''). It caused gemination of the following consonant; if the following consonant was a guttural and thus could not geminate, it was lengthened to ''ʔā-''.

The Biblical feminine singular ending ''*-ā́'' became unstressed ''-a'' (e.g. ''ʔašḗra'' 'sacred tree'), and the stress in feminine singular nouns in ''-a'' shifted to penultimate (by analogy with masculine singular adjectives and 3fs perfect verbs). Other possible feminine endings are ''-θ'' or ''-δ''. The feminine plural ending was unstressed ''-oδ'' (e.g. ''ʔašḗroδ'' 'sacred trees'), from Biblical Hebrew ''*-ōt''. Sometimes ''-a'' is found where Standard Jewish Hebrew has unstressed ''-eṫ'', and vice versa.)

The Biblical feminine singular ending ''*-ā́'' became unstressed ''-a'' (e.g. ''ʔašḗra'' 'sacred tree'), and the stress in feminine singular nouns in ''-a'' shifted to penultimate (by analogy with masculine singular adjectives and 3fs perfect verbs). Other possible feminine endings are ''-t'' or ''-δ''. The feminine plural ending was unstressed ''-oδ'' (e.g. ''ʔašḗroδ'' 'sacred trees'), from Biblical Hebrew ''*-ōt''. Sometimes ''-a'' is found where Standard Jewish Hebrew has unstressed ''-eṫ'', and vice versa.)

The construct state was not as "hard" as Tiberian Hebrew.

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 The definite article was ''ʔaC-'' (from Biblical Hebrew ''*haC-''). It caused gemination of the following consonant; if the following consonant was a guttural and thus could not geminate, it was lengthened to ''ʔā-''.
-The Biblical feminine singular ending ''*-ā́'' became unstressed ''-a'' (e.g. ''ʔašḗra'' 'sacred tree'), and the stress in feminine singular nouns in ''-a'' shifted to penultimate (by analogy with masculine singular adjectives and 3fs perfect verbs). Other possible feminine endings are ''-θ'' or ''-δ''. The feminine plural ending was unstressed ''-oδ'' (e.g. ''ʔašḗroδ'' 'sacred trees'), from Biblical Hebrew ''*-ōt''. Sometimes ''-a'' is found where Standard Jewish Hebrew has unstressed ''-eṫ'', and vice versa.)
+The Biblical feminine singular ending ''*-ā́'' became unstressed ''-a'' (e.g. ''ʔašḗra'' 'sacred tree'), and the stress in feminine singular nouns in ''-a'' shifted to penultimate (by analogy with masculine singular adjectives and 3fs perfect verbs). Other possible feminine endings are ''-t'' or ''-δ''. The feminine plural ending was unstressed ''-oδ'' (e.g. ''ʔašḗroδ'' 'sacred trees'), from Biblical Hebrew ''*-ōt''. Sometimes ''-a'' is found where Standard Jewish Hebrew has unstressed ''-eṫ'', and vice versa.)
 The construct state was not as "hard" as Tiberian Hebrew.