consequently, made Piel stem. The Piel stem refers to the causing of something to be in a state or condition. דבר means to speak, or to be consistent with the definition of the Piel alteration, to cause to be verbalized. Although דבר is used almost exclusively in the Piel stem, we will later study roots that are used in both the Qal and the Piel stems. At that time it will become clearer how the Piel stem modifies the basic meaning of a word. For now let us be satisfied with speak as a meaning for
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