Title: Hebrew Grammar Quest / 4. Lessons 24-35 / Lesson 27 / Lesson 27 B. Grammar
Tags: Grammar hebrew::ch_27

Prompt: Which verb types reject the dagesh forte in the Piel? Do they have compensatory lengthening?
Answer: • 2GR (2-Guttural & 2-Resh) reject Dagesh Forte
• Sometimes compensatory lengthening.

Prompt: If a Piel verb has V1 = Tsere what conjugation is it and why?
Answer: It is the Perfect.

Prompt: If a Piel verb with no preformative has V1 = Qamats what conjugation is it and why?
Answer: • It is the imperative, infinitive construct, or infinitive absolute.

Prompt: What is tricky about 1Nun verbs in the Piel? Why?
Answer: • The Piel and Niphal are identical in the Perfect, except in the 3ms.
• They are identical because:
• (1) Perfect VS is A (  ַ  ) for both,
• (2) The Niphal 1-נ assimilates to a Dagesh in R2,
• (3) The Piel 1-נ looks like the Niphal preformative נִ

Prompt: How are Biconsonantal verbs spelled in the Piel?
Answer: • They are spelled as the pôlēl stem.
o E.g., כוּן Polel P3ms = כּוֹנֵ֫ן
o Write R3 twice, separated by VS
o V1 = Ô ( וֹ )
o VS is the same as the strong verb: Ē(A) ~ Ē

Prompt: What do Geminate verbs do in the Piel?
Answer: • Like strong verbs.
o E.g.,חלל DP3ms = חִלֵּ֫ל
• OR like biconsonantal verbs (pôlēl)
o E.g., חלל PolelP3ms = חֹלֵ֫ל