| Biconsig Drill |
A 24-item drill focused on distinguishing Biconsonantal (II-י/ו) from Geminate (R2=R3) roots in Niphal and Hiphil contexts. The two classes are vocally identical in all conjugations of both stems — the only reliable distinguisher is root knowledge. Each item asks students to identify the stem, parse the conjugation and PGN, classify as Biconsonantal or Geminate, give the root, and translate. The exercise is organized in three parts: - Part A (items 1–8): All Niphal — students focus on distinguishing class, not stem - Part B (items 9–16): All Hiphil — same class-discrimination task in the Hiphil paradigm - Part C (items 17–24): Mixed — stem and class both unknown; includes Qal and Hophal distractors |
| Function Sort |
BBH Chapter 27 · Hiphil Weak Verbs 24 weak-root Hiphil forms drawn from the OT. Students classify each form as C (Causative), F (Factitive), D (Declarative), SA (Simple Action), or DN (Denominative). All roots come from the weak classes covered in Ch27 (I-י, I-נ, Hollow, III-ה, Biconsonantal, Geminate). |
| Niphal Hiphil Contrast |
A 20-item drill focused on distinguishing Niphal from Hiphil forms in weak roots. Each item asks students to identify the stem, parse the conjugation and PGN, give the root and weak class, and translate in context. Forms are drawn from attested OT passages only. The exercise is organized in three parts: - Part A (items 1–8): Root pairs with contrasting Niphal and Hiphil meanings (שָׁמַע, מָצָא, גָּלָה/עָלָה, נָגַשׁ) - Part B (items 9–15): I-י and Biconsonantal roots where both stems use similar prefix patterns (יָלַד ×3, יָרַד, יָדַע, קוּם, כּוּן) - Part C (items 16–20): Mixed review from any weak class |
| Passage Exercise |
An 18-verb parsing exercise (plus 2 bonus items) drawn from Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, with 3 distractor verbs in Part C. Students first answer "Is it Hiphil?" for every highlighted verb before parsing conjugation, PGN, root, weak class (I-guttural / III-ח/ע / III-א / III-ה / I-נ / I-י / Biconsonantal), and providing a causative gloss. Part C distractors (D1=וַיֵּלֶךְ Qal, D2=נוֹלַד Niphal, D3=תָּמוּת Qal) are drawn from the same corpus to reinforce Hiphil recognition against previously-learned stems. The exercise emphasizes the six most frequent weak classes; the bonus items reinforce I-נ and Biconsonantal patterns. |
| Qal Hiphil Contrast |
BBH Chapter 27 · Hiphil Weak Verbs 15 weak-root Hiphil forms from the OT, organized in three parts by weak class: - Part A — I-י / I-נ roots (5 items) - Part B — Hollow roots (5 items) - Part C — III-ה roots (5 items) For each item students supply: (1) an English translation of the Hiphil form, (2) the semantic function (Causative / Factitive / Declarative / Simple Action), and (3) a one-sentence explanation of why the Hiphil meaning follows from the Qal. |
| Stem Id Drill |
BBH Chapter 27 · Hiphil Weak Verbs 24-item drill using weak roots from Ch27 classes: I-י (ילד), Hollow (שׁוב), and III-ה (עלה). Forms are interleaved across all three stems in sets of three, covering every conjugation type. Students identify the stem, conjugation, PGN, and root. The answer notes highlight the specific vowel patterns and prefixes that distinguish stems when the same root appears in multiple forms. |
| Weak Form Id |
A 50-item identification and parsing exercise covering all eight Hiphil weak classes (I-guttural, III-ח/ע, III-א, III-ה, I-נ, I-י, Biconsonantal, Geminate). Part A (items 1–40) groups forms by class — five items per class — so students can build class-by-class recognition before mixing. Part B (items 41–50) presents forms from multiple classes in random order; students must identify the weak class first, then parse. Answer keys for both parts include the diagnostic marker that reveals the weak class. Five discussion questions focus on pairs of forms that could be confused. |