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  • From: fred putnam <fred.putnam AT gmail.com>
  • To: K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Piel, what’s it good for?
  • Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:18:31 -0500

Dear Karl,

You will find a complete list in the back of *Vocabulary of the OT*, by
Francis Andersen & Dean Forbes (Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1989). ISBN
8876535756, 9788876535758

They list every verbal root, in order of number of [primary] stems in which
they occur, indicating how many times each root occurs in each stem. They
are also grouped by the particular combination of stems in which roots occur
(e.g., under two stems, all verbs that occur in Qal and Nifal, then Qal and
Piel, &c.).

You can see some of it via Google:
http://books.google.com/books?id=603mNP98xpsC&pg=PP7&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=0_1#PPP1,M1

The verbal root listing that Google includes begins on p. 461.

Best wishes!

Fred

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 2:05 PM, K Randolph <kwrandolph AT gmail.com> wrote:

> Does anyone have a list of all the Hebrew verbs and the binyamim in which
> they are found in Tanakh? I thought I had one, but I can't find it right
> off
> hand. I want to compare (again) the different contexts of those verbs that
> are found in Qal, Piel and Hiphil, (all three) and then maybe go from
> there.
> As for the function of the Piel, I have a hard time buying that it is
> intensification of action, also this pluralization is a little hard to
> swallow. That's why I request that if anyone has a list of verbs and the
> binyamim in which they are found, could you please pass me a copy.
>
> I buy the concept that it is a stative use of the verb, emphasizing either
> the subject (actor) or object (acted upon) more than the action itself.
> Further I can see it as making a verb out of a noun. But the
> intensification
> right now for me is a no starter and the pluralization shaky at best.
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
>
> >
> >
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