"Piel–Pual Contrast Drill" — Exercise

Chapter 32 — Pual Strong

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A 25-item active/passive contrast and identification exercise introducing the Pual stem. Part A (items 1–10) presents five root pairs — each pair gives one Piel active form and its Pual passive counterpart, drawn from the same passage where possible. Students identify the stem, parse, and translate both forms, experiencing the active-passive relationship directly. Part B (items 11–25) is a 15-item mixed drill covering Piel, Pual, Hiphil, and Hophal; students identify the stem before parsing. Answer keys include notes on compensatory lengthening (ר rejects dagesh) and Hophal-vs-Pual disambiguation. Four discussion questions address the R1-vowel diagnostic, the compensatory lengthening rule, Hophal/Pual confusion points, and the theology of the Pual in the Genesis genealogies.

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 תְּבָרֵךְ Num 22:6 Piel Pual Hiphil Hophal Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Participle Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute 1cs 1cp 2ms 2fs 2mp 2fp 3ms 3fs 3mp 3fp 3cp ms fs mp fp ▶

A: Piel Imperfect 2ms "you bless" · Tsere as Piel stem vowel; ר rejects dagesh → compensatory lengthening to Tsere; active; context: Balak to Balaam "whom you bless is blessed"

Q2. 2 מְבֹרָךְ Num 22:6 Piel Pual Hiphil Hophal Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Participle Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute 1cs 1cp 2ms 2fs 2mp 2fp 3ms 3fs 3mp 3fp 3cp ms fs mp fp ▶

A: Pual Participle ms "is blessed" · Pual passive participle; Qibbuts expected under ב (R1) but ר (R2) rejects dagesh forte → vowel compensatorily lengthened to Qamets ( ָ ) under ר

Q3. 3 וְקִדַּשְׁתָּ Exo 29:36 Piel Pual Hiphil Hophal Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Participle Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute 1cs 1cp 2ms 2fs 2mp 2fp 3ms 3fs 3mp 3fp 3cp ms fs mp fp ▶

A: Piel Weqatal 2ms "and you shall consecrate" · hiriq under ק + dagesh forte in ד ; Piel active weqatal with ו conjunction