Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

Do you know the difference between the qal (pa'al) and the pi'el?
Briefly summing it up:
Qal ---------- plain -------- to send (look at Gn 42:4 [masculine sing]
Pi'el --------- intensive --- to send away -- in Pr 31:19, she stretches
out her hands (to the distaff) (NAS), namely with decision, with strength,
making her mind up...

The dagesh in the L is the sign of the pi'el, so that readers not to
mistake for the qal form of verb $LX.

Regards



Pere Porta







2011/12/7 Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>

> What is actually the difference between $ALXAH and $ILXAH?
> How do you explain the dagesh in the L of $ILXAH?
>
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>
>  On Dec 6, 2011, at 11:11 PM, Pere Porta wrote:
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> or "shilhah" (Pr 31:19), she sent away
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Pere Porta