"Spot the Piel" — Chapter 30 Passage Exercise

Chapter 30 — Piel Strong

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Students identify and parse Piel Strong verbs across three Torah passages: Genesis 1:22, 28 (God's blessing of creation), Exodus 19:10–14 (preparation for Sinai theophany), and Numbers 22:6–8, 17–18 (Balak and Balaam). The exercise presents 16 verbs: 12 Piel, 1 Pual distractor (preview of Ch32), and 3 Qal distractors that lack Dagesh Forte in R2. Students indicate whether each verb is Piel, then parse Conjugation/PGN/Root and supply the semantic Function type.

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 וַיְבָרֶךְ Yes No Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute Participle 3ms 3mp 3fs 3fp 2ms 2mp 2fs 1cs 1cp ms + 3mp suffix ms fs mp fp Intensive Factitive Declarative Denominative Simple Action Passive NOT Piel

A: ✓ Yes — Piel Wayyiqtol 3ms ברך Simple Action — ברך Piel is the standard verb of blessing with no common Qal equivalent; Simple Action, not intensification. וַיְ prefix (patach+shewa) = Piel/Hophal Wayyiqtol. R2=ר rejects dagesh; Piel identified by vowel pattern.

Q2. 2 וַיְבָרֶךְ Yes No Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute Participle 3ms 3mp 3fs 3fp 2ms 2mp 2fs 1cs 1cp ms + 3mp suffix ms fs mp fp Intensive Factitive Declarative Denominative Simple Action Passive NOT Piel

A: ✓ Yes — Piel Wayyiqtol 3ms ברך Simple Action — Same form as #1; ברך Piel is a Simple Action (no Qal equivalent to intensify).

Q3. 3 וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ Yes No Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute Participle 3ms 3mp 3fs 3fp 2ms 2mp 2fs 1cs 1cp ms + 3mp suffix ms fs mp fp Intensive Factitive Declarative Denominative Simple Action Passive NOT Piel

A: ✓ Yes — Piel Weqatal 2ms קדש Factitive — "you shall consecrate them" = cause them to become holy. Weqatal carries consequential/instructional modal force.