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Lesson 23: Piel

The primary characteristic of the piel is is the strong dagesh in the middle root consonant. Together, the qal, niphal, piel, and hiphil, make up 97% of all verbs in the Hebrew Bible. Generally speaking, verbs in the piel are the intensive form of the qal verbs--if the verb is used in the qal. On occasion, piels will express a repeated or extended action. And sometimes, a verb appears in the piel and is used in a normal, active sense rather than intensive.

 
Perfect

‍ ‍ ‍

Piel    Qal    Person
קִטֵּל קָטַל ‍3ms‍
קִטְּלָה קָטְלָה ‍3fs‍
קִטַּלְתָּ קָטַלְתָּ ‍2ms‍
קִטַּלְתְּ קָטַלְתְּ ‍2fs‍
קִטַּלְתִּי קָטַלְתִּי ‍1cs‍
קִטְּלוּ קָטְלוּ ‍3cp‍
קִטַּלְתֶּם     קְטַלְתֶּם     ‍2mp‍
קִטַּלְתֶּן קְטַלְתֶּן ‍2fp‍
קִטַּלְנוּ קָטַלְנוּ ‍ 1cp

Imperfect

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
Piel     Qal    Person
יְקַטֵּל יִקְטֹל ‍3ms‍
תְּקַטֵּל תִּקְטֹל ‍3fs‍
תְּקַטֵּל     תִּקְטֹל ‍2ms‍
תְּקַטְּלִי תִּקְטְלִי ‍2fs‍
אֲקַטֵּל אֶקְטֹל ‍1cs‍
יְקַטְּלוּ יִקְטְלוּ ‍3mp‍
תְּקַטֵּלְנָה     תִּקְטֹלְנָה     ‍3fp‍
תְּקַטְּלוּ תִּקְטְלוּ ‍2mp‍
תְּקַטֵּלְנָה תִּקְטֹלְנָה ‍2fp‍
נְקַטֵּל נִקְטֹל ‍1cp‍

Imperative

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍
‍Imperative     ‍Imperfect    Person
קַטֵּל תְּקַטֵּל ‍2ms‍
קַטְּלִי תְּקַטְּלִי ‍2fs‍
קַטְּלוּ תְּקַטְּלוּ ‍2mp‍
קַטֵּלְנָה תְּקַטֵּלְנָה ‍2fp‍

Infinitives

‍ ‍
‍Infinitive Construct     ‍Imperative
קַטֵּל קַטֵּל‍

Infinitive Absolute

קַטֹּל / קַטֵּל

Participle

‍Piel     ‍Qal    Person
מְקַטֵּל קֹטֵל ‍ms‍
מְקַטֶּלֶת קֹטֶלֶת ‍fs‍
מְקַטְּלִים קֹטְלִים ‍mp‍
מְקַטְּלוֹת     קֹטְלוֹת ‍fp‍

Cohortative

‍PielQal ‍Person
אֲקַטְּלָה     אֶקְטְלָה ‍1cs‍
נְקַטְּלָה     נִקְטְלָה ‍1cp‍

Jussive

‍Piel     ‍Qal    Person
יְקַטֵּל יִקְטֹל ‍3ms‍

Reading

Please read pages 190-193 in Biblical Hebrew Step-by-Step.

Exercises

1. Memorize the Piel paradigm.


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