"Spot the Hiphil" — Passage Exercise

Chapter 26 — Hiphil Strong

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A 21-verb parsing exercise covering all eight Hiphil conjugations drawn from three OT passages: the flood narrative (Gen 6–8), the Abrahamic oath (Gen 22:17), and the conquest instruction (Deut 7:2). Two bonus verbs from Gen 6:1 and 6:10 are included. Three distractor verbs (D1–D3) are woven into the main passages: D1 (נִשְׁחָתָה, Niphal, Gen 6:12) appears alongside #1 to contrast Niphal vs. Hiphil; D2 (וּנְתָנָם, Qal) and D3 (תִכְרֹת, Qal) are from Deu 7:2 alongside #17–#19.

Students first answer "Is it Hiphil?" for every highlighted verb before parsing conjugation, person-gender-number, root, and semantic function (Causative / Declarative / Factitive / Simple action). An answer key is embedded in all three formats.

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 נִשְׁחָתָה Yes No Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute Participle 3ms 3fs 2ms 1cs ms + 3mp suffix ms Causative Causative/Denominative Factitive Declarative Simple action NOT Hiphil

A: ✗ נִשְׁחָתָה No Weqatal 3fs שָׁחַת NOT Hiphil — Niphal passive: was corrupt ; נ assimilates: Niphal weqatal passive

Q2. 2 הִשְׁחִית Yes No Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute Participle 3ms 3fs 2ms 1cs ms + 3mp suffix ms Causative Causative/Denominative Factitive Declarative Simple action NOT Hiphil

A: ✓ הִשְׁחִית Yes Perfect (qatal) 3ms שָׁחַת Causative — had corrupted

Q3. 3 מַשְׁחִיתָם Yes No Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute Participle 3ms 3fs 2ms 1cs ms + 3mp suffix ms Causative Causative/Denominative Factitive Declarative Simple action NOT Hiphil

A: ✓ מַשְׁחִיתָם Yes Participle ms + 3mp sfx שָׁחַת Causative — destroying them