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A word is parsed as "common" (in other systems sometimes "unmarked"), when it has potential to refer to either a masculine or a feminine person or thing. Words classified as "common gender" are usually pronouns or verbs.

Examples

• 1KI 18:22 - with a personal pronoun first person

אֲנִ֞י נֹותַ֧רְתִּי נָבִ֛יא לַיהוָ֖ה

**'ani** nowtharti navi layhwah

**I** I-am-left prophet for-Yahweh

I, **I alone**, am left as a prophet of Yahweh

• ISA 2:5 - with a verb first person

בֵּ֖ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב לְכ֥וּ **וְנֵלְכָ֖ה** בְּא֥וֹר יְהוָֽה

beth ya'aqov lekhu **wenelekhah** be'or yehwah

House-of Jacob come **and-let-us-walk** in-light-of Yahweh.

House of Jacob, come, **and let us walk** in the light of Yahweh.

• ISA 28:7 - with the plural "near" form of the demonstrative pronoun

וְגַם־**אֵ֨לֶּה֙** בַּיַּ֣יִן שָׁג֔וּ

wegam-**'elleh** bayyayin shagu

And-also_**these** in-the-wine reel

But even **these** reel with wine