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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Karl Randolph <kwrandolph AT email.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Role of Piel, Hiphil, etc. was Re: [b-hebrew] Why Semitic languages had no written vowels?
  • Date: Mon, 02 May 2005 22:04:00 +0100

On 02/05/2005 20:28, Karl Randolph wrote:

..

Vadim claimed that Piel is merely an intensive Qal. I’ve heard that claim
before from others. If that is true, ...


This is simply untrue, as a generalisation. It may be true for a few verbs e.g. $BR, but more commonly the distinction is that piel is causative.

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