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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 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 ''-ā'' became unstressed ''-a'', and the stress in feminine singular nouns shifted to penultimate. | The Biblical feminine singular ending ''-ā'' became unstressed ''-a'', and the stress in feminine singular nouns in ''-a'' shifted to penultimate (by analogy with masculine singular adjectives and 3fs perfect verbs). | ||
The construct state was not as "hard" as Tiberian Hebrew. | The construct state was not as "hard" as Tiberian Hebrew. |