Seriously, this question has raised some rather interesting, even apparently contradictory, responses. Hiphil and Hophal clearly have the causitive sense, Hithpael reflexive, but what is the distinction between Qal and Piel?
One, off line response, said that the difference was between that of transitive and intransitive verbs (in which case, many verbs are incorrectly pointed).
If the Piel is causitive, then what's the difference between it and Hiphil? Other times some say it is the same as Qal.
I believe that languages are basically simple that can be mastered by children, except for rare, specialized cases. If the Piel is to be recognized in a case by case basis, then it fails the child masterable test. [...]
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