אַפְאֵיהֶם Dt 32:26; יְכַסֵּ֫ימוֹ Ps 140:10 Qerê; הַכֵּ֫ינִי smite me, 1 K 20:35, 37; cf. Hb 3:2, Is 38:16. Even in these examples a return to the original ending ay might be assumed; but perhaps they are merely due to a less correct plene writing. In the 3rd sing. perf. fem. the older form גָּלַת (see i) is always used before a suffix, e.g. כִּלַּ֫תּוּ (for כִּלַּתְהוּ) Zc 5:4; in pause עָשָׂ֑תְנִי Jb 33:4; רָאָֽתְךָ 42:5. nn 20. The close relation existing