Well, this is wrong on two counts:
Gen 18:4 -- the root LQX appears mostly in Qal, however
15 different occurrences of this root are attested in the Pual;
most of them in the perfect - the Lamed intact, dagesh forte in
the middle letter of the root as is standard, though no root
letter is missing in the perfect.
There is no sense to ask why the root is not attested in Piel
because we have no way of addressing this question to ancient
speakers, scribes or editors.
Pere's second question is about YUQQAM , Gen 4:24. This is
clearly derived from the root NQM, to take revenge, as a glance in the verse
and
its context makes clear. This is one of three attested cases of
the root in Pual, and the dagesh forte, again, is standard.
As for passive Qal, what is meant is really the passive
participle,though occurrences in other tenses - or aspects! -
canot be ruled out. I say this because in Arabic, where there is the
equivalent of Niphal - ")Infa(ala" -, a passive form of Qal
does also exists.
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