Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>]

> Just wondering:  obviously, as a conjugation base, anything would be 
> preferable to Qal
> or Pa'al, but why did y'all choose Qof-Tet-Lamed as opposed to another 
> shlemim root.
> Is it a tip of the hat to ol' Qal?

From what I understand, Q+L is one of those verbs that my 
classical Greek teacher called "disgustingly regular," which is to 
say that all its forms are so "normal" that it is a great base for 
demonstrating the behavior, pointing etc. of the various stems, 
tenses, moods and everything else.  A friend of mine found it 
curious that languages such as Hebrew and Koine Greek have as 
their "most regular" paradigm verbs words that mean "kill" (Hebrew) 
and "destroy" (Greek)!

Dave Washburn
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