Intro; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; I. THE D-STEM: A HISTORICAL SURVEY; II. THE MORPHOLOGY OF THE D-STEM; III. THE SEMANTIC DOMAIN OF THE D-STEM; IV. THE USE OF THE D-STEM IN THE PENTATEUCH AND ITS TRANSLATIONS; V. THE D-STEM IN BIBLICAL HEBREW; VI. THE D-STEM IN QUR'ANIC ARABIC; VII. THE D-STEM: ORIGIN AND FUNCTION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX