Hiph'il imperfect, two persons singular, of most verbs that have a guttural for their first and at a time have no guttural (א excepted) for their last root consonant.

  1. 2nd person singular masculine:

    [Deu 24:4]you (male) will cause to sinתַּחֲטִיא / תחטיא
    [Exo 32:31]to sinחָטָא
    [Deu 7:2]you (male) will cause to exterminateתַּחֲרִים / תחרים
    [#]to exterminateחָרַם
    [#]you (male) will cause to eatתַּאֲכִיל / תאכיל
    [1Sa 30:12]to eatאָכַל
  2. 3rd person singular feminine:

    [Job 29:20]she will cause to passתַּחֲלִיף / תחליף
    [Sol 2:11]to pass overחָלַף
    [#]she will cause to eatתַּאֲכִיל / תאכיל
    [1Sa 30:12]to eatאָכַל

Modern Hebrew often takes this pattern for masculine nouns. These are widely used.

[#]processתַּהֲלִיךְ / תהליך
[Gen 26:26]to walkהָלַךְ
[#]transcriptionתַּעֲתִיק / תעתיק
[#]to move, proceed, advanceעָתַק

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