Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Brak <Brak AT neo.rr.com>]

Thanks George.

I'm still confused with the "mystery" stems:

qal passive, pilel, tifil, polpal, hotpaal, hishtafel, and nitpael.

Could you give a equivalance for them?
Just like polel = piel, what does pilel equal? What does tifil equal? Etc.


B"H
John Steven

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George Athas wrote:
> Right on all counts, John.
>
> The stems you haven't figured out are rare stems which have largely dropped 
> out of use in Biblical Hebrew, or are relevant for only one or two stems. The 
> Hishtafel stem, for example, is the only stem which the root XWH (or $XW - it 
> depends on how you understand the stem) appears in. These might be older 
> stems or dialectal stems, but they aren't used very much in Biblical Hebrew.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> www.moore.edu.au
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