"Spot the Hiphil" — Passage Exercise

Chapter 27 — Hiphil Weak

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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.

Sample Questions

Q1. Yes No Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Participle 3ms 3ms + 2ms suffix 2ms 2ms + 1cs suffix 2mp 1cs 1cs + 2ms suffix ms + article + 2ms suffix ms I-guttural III-ח/ע III-א III-ה III-ה + I-guttural III-ה (apocopated) I-נ I-י Biconsonantal Biconsonantal (Qal) I-ה (Qal) I-י (Niphal)

A: Yes Perfect 3ms חָטָא III-א he caused to sin

Q2. Yes No Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Participle 3ms 3ms + 2ms suffix 2ms 2ms + 1cs suffix 2mp 1cs 1cs + 2ms suffix ms + article + 2ms suffix ms I-guttural III-ח/ע III-א III-ה III-ה + I-guttural III-ה (apocopated) I-נ I-י Biconsonantal Biconsonantal (Qal) I-ה (Qal) I-י (Niphal)

A: Yes Weqatal 1cs קוּם Biconsonantal I will establish

Q3. Yes No Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Participle 3ms 3ms + 2ms suffix 2ms 2ms + 1cs suffix 2mp 1cs 1cs + 2ms suffix ms + article + 2ms suffix ms I-guttural III-ח/ע III-א III-ה III-ה + I-guttural III-ה (apocopated) I-נ I-י Biconsonantal Biconsonantal (Qal) I-ה (Qal) I-י (Niphal)

A: Yes Perfect 3ms עָלָה III-ה + I-guttural he brought up