"Spot the Hiphil" — Passage Exercise

BBH Chapter 27 · Hiphil Weak Verbs

Instructions

Parts A and B contain Hiphil weak verbs. For each bold/highlighted form:

  1. Hiphil? — select Yes or No
  2. Conjugation — Perfect / Imperfect / Wayyiqtol / Weqatal / Imperative / Inf. Construct / Participle
  3. PGN — Person-Gender-Number (e.g., 3ms, 2mp, 1cs)
  4. Root — three-letter lexical root
  5. Weak class — I-guttural / III-ח/ע / III-א / III-ה / I-נ / I-י / Biconsonantal
  6. Causative gloss — brief English rendering in context

Part C contains three distractor verbs. These are not Hiphil — select "No" and parse fully.

Part A — Kings, Genesis, Samuel, and Exodus (items 1–10)

1. חַטֹּאות יָרָבְעָם אֲשֶׁר חָטָא וַאֲשֶׁר **הֶחֱטִיא** אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל

1 Kgs 14:16 — "the sins of Jeroboam by which he sinned and caused Israel to sin"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

2. וַ**הֲקִמֹתִי** אֶת־בְּרִיתִי אִתְּךָ

Gen 6:18 — "but I will establish my covenant with you"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

3. יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה אֶת מֹשֶׁה וְאֶת אַהֲרֹן וַאֲשֶׁר **הֶעֱלָה** אֶת אֲבֹתֵיכֶם

1 Sam 12:6 — "the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

4. אֲנִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר **הוֹצֵאתִיךָ** מֵאוּר כַּשְׂדִּים

Gen 15:7 — "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

5. וַיִּבֶן נֹחַ מִזְבֵּחַ לַיהוָה … **וַיַּעַל** עֹלֹת בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ

Gen 8:20 — "And Noah … offered burnt offerings on the altar"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

6. וַ**יַּפֵּל** יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל הָאָדָם

Gen 2:21 — "the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

7. בַּעֲבוּר זֹאת **הֶעֱמַדְתִּיךָ** בַּעֲבוּר הַרְאֹתְךָ אֶת־כֹּחִי

Exo 9:16 — "for this purpose I have raised you up, to show you my power"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

8. אָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר **הוֹצֵאתִיךָ** מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם

Exo 20:2 — "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

9. וַיֹּאמַר **הַרְאֵנִי** נָא אֶת־כְּבֹדֶךָ

Exo 33:18 — "And he said, Show me your glory, please"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

10. **הָקֵם** עַד עוֹלָם אֶת הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ

2 Sam 7:25 — "Confirm forever the word that you have spoken"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

Part B — Numbers, Deuteronomy, Isaiah, and Samuel (items 11–18)

11. **הַעֲמֵד** הַמְּצַפֶּה אֲשֶׁר יִרְאֶה יַגִּיד

Isa 21:6 — "Go, set a watchman; let him declare what he sees"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

12. נָבִיא מִקִּרְבְּךָ **יָקִים** לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ

Deu 18:15 — "A prophet … the LORD your God will raise up for you"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

13. הַגִּידוּ **הַשְׁמִיעוּ** זֹאת הוֹצִיאוּהָ עַד קְצֵה הָאָרֶץ

Isa 48:20 — "Declare this, proclaim it, send it out to the ends of the earth"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

14. כִּי בְּחֹדֶשׁ הָאָבִיב **הוֹצִיאֲךָ** יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מִמִּצְרַיִם

Deu 16:1 — "for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

15. הַ**מּוֹצִיאֲךָ** מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים

Deu 8:14 — "the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

16. אִם הַחֲרֵשׁ יַחֲרִישׁ לָהּ … **וְהֵקִים** אֶת כָּל נְדָרֶיהָ

Num 30:14 — "if her husband says nothing … he thereby confirms all her vows"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

17. וְאַחַר כֵּן תָּבוֹא אֵלַי **לְהַעֲלוֹת** עֹלוֹת

1 Sam 10:8 — "after that you will come to me to offer up burnt offerings"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

18. חֲדָשׁוֹת אֲנִי מַגִּיד … **אַשְׁמִיע** אֶתְכֶם

Isa 42:9 — "new things I declare … before they arise I announce them to you"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

Part C — Distractor Check

These three verbs are not Hiphil. Select "No" and complete the full parse.

19. וַיַּשְׁכֵּם אַבְרָהָם בַּבֹּקֶר **וַיֵּלֶךְ** אֶל הַמָּקוֹם

Gen 22:3 — "And Abraham rose early and went to the place"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

20. אֶת שֶׁם בְּנוֹ אֲשֶׁר **נוֹלַד** לוֹ

Gen 21:3 — "the name of his son who was born to him"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss

21. כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת **תָּמוּת**

Gen 2:17 — "for in the day you eat of it you shall surely die"

Hiphil? Conjugation PGN Root Weak class Causative gloss