Hebrew for Bible Readers

Verb forms for shades of meaning, part II

In our previous lesson we met the six verbal patterns derived from the Qal, or simple, conjugation (see chart below). We looked first at Niphal and noted that it is the passive form of Qal, Next we met Piel, which expresses intensive action.

	Simple	Intensive	Causative
Active	Qal	Piel	Hiphil
	vb'K;	vBeKi	vyBik]hi
	“he subdued”	“he conquered”	“he brought into bondage”
Passive	Niphal	Paul	Hophal
	K'k]nI	vB'Ku	vB'k]h;
	“he was	“he was	“he was brought
	subdued”	conquered”	into bondage”
Reflexive		Hithpael
(or Passive)		vBeK't]hi
		“he was suppressed”

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