[Mesorah] Poetic yud at the end of words

[Hayyim Obadyah]

according to Gesenius (sect. 90m), these are cases in which "the i added to
the participle with the article merely serves as an ornamental device of
poetic style".

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Zev Sero wrote:
> In the first two chapters of Hallel we have "hamagbihi", "hamashpili",
> "mekimi", "lehoshivi", "moshivi", "chuli", "hahofchi".   What is this
> grammatical form?  Does the extra yud affect the meaning in any way?
> Does this form appear anywhere else?

Correction: "Chuli" is not in this series; it's a second person imperative,
addressed to "aretz".  But my question stands for the others.

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