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+.. _gender_feminine:
+
+Gender Feminine
+===============
+
+Summary
+-------
+
+Nouns, adjectives, finite verbs, participles, pronouns, pronominal suffixes, and some particles change their form is according to
+their grammatical gender, either masculine or feminine. The feminine gender is often marked by either a ־ָה (qamets-he) or וֹת
+(holem-taw) suffix, but various other prefixes and suffixes can also indicate feminine gender.
+
+Article
+-------
+
+In Biblical Hebrew, :ref:`nouns<noun>` are classified according to gender, either :ref:`masculine<gender_masculine>`, feminine, or
+sometimes :ref:`both<gender_both>`. Grammatical modifiers (such as :ref:`adjectives<adjective>`, :ref:`active<participle_active>`
+and :ref:`passive<participle_passive>` participles, :ref:`pronouns<pronoun>`, :ref:`pronominal suffixes<suffix_pronominal>`)
+change their endings in order to agree with the gender of the term they refer to. A :ref:`finite verb<verb-finite>`
+with feminine gender indicates a feminine subject. All references to female persons in Biblical Hebrew are feminine.
+However, other entities apart from people can also be classified as feminine. For example, the :ref:`proper names <noun_proper_name>`
+of cities are often feminine in Biblical Hebrew, as well as body parts that exist as pairs (hand, foot, etc.).
+Some :ref:`particles<particle>` are also marked for gender in Biblical Hebrew.
+ 
+.. note:: Some feminine nouns do NOT take feminine endings, even some common
+          nouns such as אֵם (mother) and אֶרֶץ (earth). They appear to be
+          masculine nouns, but they are actually feminine nouns. A dictionary or
+          lexicon will indicate the proper gender for each word.
+
+
+Form
+----
+
+Feminine :ref:`singular<number_singular>` :ref:`nouns<noun>` and :ref:`adjectives<adjective>` usually end in either ־ָה (qamets-he)
+or ־ֶת (seghol-taw, for participles). Feminine :ref:`dual<number_dual>` terms end in ־ַיִם (patach-yod-hireq-final mem), as in יָדַיִם (hands).
+Feminine :ref:`plural<number_plural>` terms usually end in וֹת- (holem-taw), as in תּוֹרוֹת (laws). There is a whole family of 
+:ref:`verbal<verb>` prefixes and suffixes that indicate feminine gender for :ref:`finite<verb-finite>` verbs.
+
+.. csv-table:: Feminine Noun Paradigm
+
+  Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
+  feminine singular absolute,סוּסָה,susah,mare
+  feminine singular construct,סוּסַת,susat,mare of
+  feminine plural absolute,סוּסוֹת,susoth,mares
+  feminine plural construct,סוּסוֹת,susoth,mares of
+
+.. csv-table:: Qal Suffix Conjugation Feminine Forms
+
+  Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
+  second person feminine singular,קָטַלְתְּ,qatalt,you killed
+  second person feminine plural,קְטַלְתֶּן,qetalten,you killed
+  third person feminine singular,קָטְלָה,qatlah,she killed
+
+.. csv-table:: Qal Prefix Conjugation Feminine Forms
+
+  Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
+  second person feminine singular,תִּקְטְלִי,tiqteli,you will kill
+  second person feminine plural,תִּקְטֹלְנָה,tiqtolenah,you will kill
+  third person feminine singular,תִּקְטֹל,tiqtol,she will kill
+  third person feminine plural,תִּקְטֹלְנָה,tiqtolenah,they will kill
+
+.. csv-table:: Independent Personal Pronoun Feminine Forms
+
+  Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
+  second person feminine singular,אַתְּ,'at,you
+  second person feminine plural,אַתֵּנָה,'attenah,you
+  third person feminine singular,הִיא / הִוא,hi / hiw,she / it
+  third person feminine plural,הֵן / הֵנָּה,hen / hennah,they
+
+.. csv-table:: Object Pronoun Feminine Forms
+
+  Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
+  second person feminine singular,אֹתָךְ,'othakh,you
+  second person feminine plural,אֹתְכֶֶן,'thekhem,you
+  third person feminine singular,אֹתָהּ,'othah,her / it
+  third person feminine plural,אֶתְהֶן / אֹתָן,'ethhen / 'othan,them
+
+.. csv-table:: Pronominal Suffix Feminine Forms
+
+  Parsing,Hebrew,Transliteration,Gloss
+  second person feminine singular,לָךְ / - ָךְ,lakh / -akh,(to) you
+  second person feminine plural,לָכֶן / -כֶן,lakhen / -khen,(to) you
+  third person feminine singular,לָהּ / - ָהּ,lah / -ah,(to) her
+  third person feminine plural,לָהֶן / -הֶן / - ָן,lahen / -hen / -an,(to) them