Verb – PA'AL
Root: ג - מ - ע
The final radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.
| Verb form | Person | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Feminine | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Present tense / Participle | גּוֹמֵעַ gomea I / you m. sg. / he / it swallow(s) | גּוֹמַעַת goma'at I / you f. sg. / she / it swallow(s) | גּוֹמְעִים gom'im we / you m. pl. / they m. swallow | גּוֹמְעוֹת gom'ot we / you f. pl. / they f. swallow | |
| Past tense | 1st | גָּמַעְתִּי gamati I swallowed | גָּמַעְנוּ gamanu we swallowed | ||
| 2nd | גָּמַעְתָּ gamata you m. sg. swallowed | גָּמַעְתְּ gamat you f. sg. swallowed | גְּמַעְתֶּם gma'atem you m. pl. swallowed The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: גָּמַעְתֶּם gamatem | גְּמַעְתֶּן gma'aten you f. pl. swallowed The ending is usually unstressed in spoken language: גָּמַעְתֶּן gamaten | |
| 3rd | גָּמַע gama he / it swallowed | גָּמְעָה gam'a she / it swallowed | גָּמְעוּ gam'u they swallowed | ||
| Future tense | 1st | אֶגְמַע egma I will swallow | נִגְמַע nigma we will swallow | ||
| 2nd | תִּגְמַע tigma you m. sg. will swallow | תִּגְמְעִי tigme'i you f. sg. will swallow | תִּגְמְעוּ tigme'u you m. pl. will swallow | תִּגְמַעְנָה tigmana you f. pl. will swallow In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: תִּגְמְעוּ tigme'u | |
| 3rd | יִגְמַע yigma he / it will swallow | תִּגְמַע tigma she / it will swallow | יִגְמְעוּ yigme'u they m. will swallow | תִּגְמַעְנָה tigmana they f. will swallow In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: יִגְמְעוּ yigme'u | |
| Imperative | גְּמַע! gma! (to a man) swallow! | גִּמְעִי! gim'i! (to a woman) swallow! | גִּמְעוּ! gim'u! (to men) swallow! | גְּמַעְנָה! gmana! (to women) swallow! In modern language, the masculine form is generally used: גִּמְעוּ! gim'u! | |
| Infinitive | לִגְמֹעַ ~ לגמוע ligmoa to swallow | ||||
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