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Binyan Nif’al – Present Tense Track 7

Binyan Nif’al - Present Tense

As we recall, the infinitive form of Binyan Nif’al usually begins with ‫ְל ִה‬

and has three syllables and the sound is L'HI...A...E...

In the present tense the first letter ‫ ל‬of the infinitive is omitted and the root
of the verb is preceded by ‫ ִנ‬and the vowels create the sound pattern

NI...A... ‫נ י י‬

For feminine singular, we add the ending ‫ת‬

and the sound pattern changes to:

NI...E...ET – ‫נ י ֶׁי ֶׁי ת‬

For plural we add the ending ‫ ים‬for masculine and ‫ ות‬for feminine.

Examples: ‫להם ֵםם‬ ‫ֵשם ַה ֹפ ַעל‬
‫נםםם‬ ‫ זכר‬- ‫הֹו ֶׁוה‬
* ‫ְל ִהכ ֵנס‬ ‫ נ ֵקבה‬- ‫הֹו ֶׁוה‬
‫ִנכנס‬ ‫נם ֶׁם ֶׁםת‬ ‫ ַרבים‬- ‫הֹו ֶׁוה‬
‫נםםםים‬ ‫ ַרבֹות‬- ‫הֹו ֶׁוה‬
‫ִנכ ֶׁנ ֶׁסת‬ ‫נםםםֹות‬
‫ִנכנסים‬
‫ִנכנסֹות‬

In Binyan Nif’al we do not have a clear sound connection between the
infinitive form and the present tense.

* It is possible to write either ‫ ְל ִה ָכ ֵנס‬or ‫ ְל ִהי ָכ ֵנס‬and likewise with other

verbs in this group.

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