Lesson 35 The Hitpael Stem - Weak

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In this lesson, we will briefly look at the spelling changes of the Hitpael weak verbs, a minor stem called the Hitpolel, and a second minor stem called Hishtapel that only has one word (but it’s a very important word).

LESSON ITINERARY

  1. Understand fundamental spelling changes in the Hitpael stem
  2. Describe the Hitpolel minor stem
  3. Identify the Hishtapel minor stem in the Bible

EQUIPMENT CHECK

Before continuing, be sure you can identify the Hitpael preformatives in all conjugations.

Parse the following:

  • יִתְקַטֵּל
    • tDI3ms
  • מִתְקַטֵּל
    • tDPtms
  • הִתְקַטֵּל
    • tDP3ms, tDM2ms, tD∞, or tDA