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Basics of Biblical Hebrew, today’s best-selling introductory Hebrew grammar, is new-and-improved with additional, linguistically nuanced explanations for some of the more difficult elements in biblical Hebrew. This second edition combines the best of inductive and deductive approaches, uses actual examples from the Hebrew Old Testament rather than made-up illustrations, emphasizes the structural...

12.5 Introduction to Verbal Stems. In the Hebrew verbal system, there are seven major stems: the Qal stem, Niphal stem, Piel stem, Pual stem, Hiphil stem, Hophal stem, and Hithpael stem. The Qal stem is the basic or simple verbal stem. From the Qal stem all other verbal stems are formed. For this reason, the Niphal through Hithpael stems are called “derived stems” because their forms are derived or based on the Qal stem. Verbal stems tell us two things about the action or meaning of a verb: the type
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