)2  is  dropped  in  a  few  participles  of  Pa" el:  "^^21123  trim  the
vine,  B.  M.  73  o;  ir^^n^^  Yeb.  416;  ^pbo  M.  MSVb.  Q.  48  a;

'  It     •    :      -  '  •  :  -

■ij"'^'np  Pes.  53  b,  and  others.
It     •     :'-

3  is  syncopated  in  Pl^nilij/J  makes  water  [sibi).
§  59.  1  is  dropped  in  1^*^^  ear.  (If  Fleischer's  opinion  given
in  Levy's  Neiih.  Wb.,  III.,  312  6,  that  "I  interchanges  with
1  is  true,  then  i^:^5^  may  come  from  ^JI^J^^U^J-^wS ).-'  In  my_
sorb-busli,  for  i^ln'n'^T  .^

§  60.  c)  Final  consonants,  b^ ,  1  and  ''  quiesce  in  the  pre-
ceding vowel  in  stems  (K"b  ,  T'b  and  ^"b  .  The  two  former  then
pass  into  "^'b  .  The  "^  appears  in  a  few  forms,  especially  before
suffixes,  n  and  y  are  generally  retained,  but  are  treated  in  a
few  verbs  and  nouns  like  2J^ .  Thus,  IS;"*  =  HD^  to  rumble,  "$  in
U^^23  mild,  5<''"l"K  argument,  "72  to  break,  ""212  to  sink,  "'"IS  to
ivound,  ^C3  /o  spoil,  ^S'i  to  slant,  ^p"d  to  sink,  ^irZX^'J:^  to  have
identified.
1  This  phenomenon  is  frequent  in  Indo-European  languages.  Cf.  also  Fraenkel,  op.  cit.
XXII.,  107.
2  For  a  change  of  T  to  S.  c/-  Praetorius,  BA.,  I.,  44,  and  Maclean,  §  106.
3  Perhaps  also  in  the  Palostinoan  proper  name  S?nb"'  fur  S{r~5^  rldld,  ai  in  Syriac.
But  it  may  also  bo  a  shortening  of  XP^"";!?  or  coutractiou  uf  iCp"!?'^  •    <'/■  also  §§  116. 113.
