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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...

3. Piel. The Piel stem is sometimes used to express an intensive type of action with an active voice.2 In other words, the simple action of the Qal stem will take on some type of intensive nuance in the Piel stem. For example, the verb שָׁבַר means “he broke” in the Qal stem. The Piel form, however, is שִׁבֵּר and means “he smashed into pieces.” Notice the change in spelling from שָׁבַר (Qal) to שִׁבֵּר (Piel). The distinguishing characteristics of the Piel stem are a unique vowel pattern and the
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