ch31-stem-id-drill

Chapter 31 — Piel Weak

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BBH Chapter 31 · Piel Weak Verbs

A 24-item drill requiring students to identify the stem (Qal, Niphal, Hiphil, or Piel), conjugation, PGN, and root for each Hebrew verb form. All forms are built from weak roots: ברך (I-guttural), גלה (III-ה), צוה (III-ה), and חזק (I-guttural). Items 1–9 cover the Perfect across all four stems; items 10–15 compare four stems in the Imperfect on the same root (גלה); items 16–18 cover Wayyiqtol; items 19–21 cover the Imperative; items 22–24 cover the Participle. Special attention is called to the I-guttural virtual-dagesh effect on Piel vowel patterns and to the III-ה contraction patterns across stems.

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Sample Questions

Q1. 1 בֵּרַךְ Qal Niphal Hiphil Hophal Piel Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Participle Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute 3ms 3fs 3cp 2ms 2mp 2fs 1cs 1cp ms fs mp fp

A: ברך Piel Perfect 3ms I-guttural ב: virtual dagesh → tsere (compensatory lengthening) before R2 ר; hireq-tsere vowels signal Piel perfect.

Q2. 2 בָּרַךְ Qal Niphal Hiphil Hophal Piel Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Participle Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute 3ms 3fs 3cp 2ms 2mp 2fs 1cs 1cp ms fs mp fp

A: ברך Qal Perfect 3ms Qamets-patach = standard Qal perfect; no dagesh in R2 ר. Compare Piel #1 (בֵּרַךְ) which has tsere under ב.

Q3. 3 גִּלָּה Qal Niphal Hiphil Hophal Piel Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Participle Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute 3ms 3fs 3cp 2ms 2mp 2fs 1cs 1cp ms fs mp fp

A: גלה Piel Perfect 3ms Dagesh forte in ל (R2) + III-ה ending ָּה (qamets + dagesh-he); hireq under ג = Piel III-ה perfect.