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Hebrew Verbs: Piel Perfect

Active Voice, Intensive Action....

The Piel Binyan

The piel perfect active verb is similar to the Qal perfect active form though the meaning is intensified or (sometimes) repeated. For example, in the Qal שָׁבַר means "he broke" but the Piel שִׁבֵּר means "he shattered" or "he smashed." The piel form also makes a "stative" Qal verb, for example, קָדַשׁ, "he was holy" into an active voice, קִדִֵּשׁ, "he set apart." Many verbs derived from nouns are inflected in the Piel (e.g.,  דָּבָר, "word" ->  דִּבֵּר, "speak").

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• Piel Perfect - Strong Verbs Paradigm

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