Qal
Qal is the most frequently used verb pattern. It expresses the
"simple" or "causal" action of the root in the active voice.
Examples:
He sat, he ate, he went, he said, he rose, he bought
This form accounts for 66.7% of the verbs parsed.
H8798Stem -Qal See { [H8851]}
Mood -Imperative See { [H8810]}
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H8800Stem -Qal See { [H8851]}
Mood -Infinitive See { [H8812]}
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H8801Stem -Qal See { [H8851]}
Mood -Participle See { [H8813]}
Count-309
H8802Stem -Qal See { [H8851]}
Mood -Participle Active See { [H8814]}
Count-5386
H8803Stem -Qal See { [H8851]}
Mood -Participle Passive See { [H8815]}
Count-1415
H8804Stem -Qal See { [H8851]}
Mood -Perfect See { [H8816]}
Count-12562
H8818Hiphil
a) Hiphil usually expresses the "causative" action of Qal-See { [H8851]}
Qal Hiphil
He ate he caused to eat, he fed
He came he caused to come, he brought
He reigned he made king, he crowned
b) Hiphil is often used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives.
Noun or Adjective Hiphil
ear to listen (lend an ear)
far to remove oneself, put far away
c) Some "simple" verbs are found in Hiphil.
to cast, to destroy, to get up early, to explain, to tell
The form accounts for 13.3% of the verbs parsed.
H8819Hithpael
a) This form primarily expresses a "reflexive" action of Qal or Piel
See for Qal { [H8851]}
See for Piel { [H8840]}
Qal Hithpael
He wore he dressed himself
He washed he washed himself
He fell he flung himself, he fell upon, he attacked
He sold he sold himself, he devoted himself
b) It expresses a reciprocal action.
they saw they looked upon one another
they whispered they whispered one to another
c) Some verbs in Hithpael are translated as a simple action. The
reflexive action is understood.
He prayed, he mourned, he became angry
This form accounts for 1.4% of the verbs parsed.
H8829Ithpeal
In Aramaic (Chaldean), this form is similar to the Hebrew Hithpael,
with its form altered due to an initial Aleph. However, this form
reflects only the intensive reflexive of the common stem (Peal =
Hebrew Qal). This form occurs only rarely with verbs meeting
particular spelling qualities.
H8833Niphal
a) Niphal is the "passive" of Qal-See { [H8851]}
Qal Niphal
He saw he was seen, he appeared
He saw the angel the angel was seen
He sent he was sent
He created it was created
b) Niphal sometimes expresses a "reflexive" action.
He guarded he was guarded, also
He guarded himself
c) Several verbs use Niphal, although they express simple action
and are active in English. Common examples are:
He fought, he remained, he swore, he entered
This form accounts for 6.0% of the verbs parsed.
H8836Palpal (NOT USED)
A form of a triliteral verb such as "palal" which reduplicates the
first syllable for euphony. This form otherwise functions like the
normal Qal stem.
Imperfect
The imperfect expresses an action, process or condition which is
incomplete, and it has a wide range of meaning:
1a) It is used to describe a single (as opposed to a repeated) action
in the past; it differs from the perfect in being more vivid and
pictorial. The perfect expresses the "fact", the imperfect adds
colour and movement by suggesting the "process" preliminary to its
completion.
He put forth his hand to the door
it came to a halt
I began to hear
1b) A phrase such as "What seekest thou?", refers not only to the
present, but assumes that the search has continued for some time.
Why do you weep?
Why refuse to eat?
Why are you distressed?
These relate not so much as to one occasion, as to a
continued condition.
2) The kind of progression or imperfection and unfinished condition
of the action may consist in its frequent repetition.
2a) In the present:
it is "said" today
a wise son "maketh glad" his father
2b) In the past:
"and so he did" - regularly, year by year
a mist "used to go up"
the fish which "we used to eat"
the manna "came down" -regularly
He "spoke" -repeatedly
3) The imperfect is used to express the "future", referring not only
to an action which is about to be accomplished but one which has
not yet begun:
3a) This may be a future from the point of view of the real
present; as:
Now "shalt thou See what I will do"
"We will burn" thy house
3b) It may be a future from any other point of view assumed; as:
He took his son that "was to reign"
she stayed to See what "should be done"
4) The usage of 3b may be taken as the transitive to a common use of
the imperfect in which it serves for an expression of those shades
of relation among acts and thoughts for which English prefers the
conditional moods. Such actions are strictly "future" in reference
to the assumed point of relation, and the simple imperfect
sufficiently expresses them; e.g.
of every tree thou "mayest eat"
"could we know"
He "would" say
5a) The imperfect follows particles expressing "transition",
"purpose", "result" and so forth as, "in order that", "lest"; e.g.
say thou art my sister, "that it may be well with thee"
let us deal wisely with the nation, "lest it multiplies"
5b) When however there is a strong feeling of "purpose", or when it
is meant to be strongly marked, then of course the moods are
employed; e.g.
raise me up "that I may requite them"
who will entice Ahab "that he may go up"
what shall we do "that the sea may be calm"
The moods are also employed to express that class of
future actions which we express in the "optative"
"may I die"
"may" the LORD "establish" his word
"may" the child "live".
H8681Stem -Aphel See { [H8817]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-36
H8686Stem -Hiphil See { [H8818]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-4043
H8691Stem -Hithpael See { [H8819]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-533
H8696Stem -Hithpalel See { [H8820]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-1
H8698Stem -Hithpalpel See { [H8821]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-12
H8704Stem -Hithpoel See { [H8823]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-13
H8709Stem -Hithpolel See { [H8824]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-45
H8714Stem -Hophal See { [H8825]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-178
H8720Stem -Ishtaphel See { [H8827]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-3
H8721Stem -Ithpael See { [H8828]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-14
H8725Stem -Ithpeal See { [H8829]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-14
H8729Stem -Ithpeel See { [H8830]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-7
H8731Stem -Ithpeil See { [H8831]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-5
H8733Stem -Ithpolel See { [H8832]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-1
H8735Stem -Niphal See { [H8833]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-1602
H8741Stem -Pael See { [H8835]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-15
H8746Stem -Pulpal See { [H8850]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-1
H8748Stem -Peal See { [H8837]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-145
H8755Stem -Peel Or Peil See { [H8838]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-3
H8762Stem -Piel See { [H8840]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-2447
H8766Stem -Pilel See { [H8841]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-2
H8770Stem -Pilpel See { [H8842]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-18
H8779Stem -Poel See { [H8845]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-29
H8783Stem -Polal See { [H8846]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-2
H8787Stem -Polel See { [H8847]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-72
H8792Stem -Pual See { [H8849]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-93
H8807Stem -Tiphel See { [H8853]}
Mood -Imperfect See { [H8811]}
Count-1