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Chapter 32 — Pual Strong

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A 24-item drill mixing Qal, Piel, and Pual of strong roots (8 forms each), interleaved across multiple conjugations. Students identify the stem, parse fully, and translate. The drill emphasizes distinguishing the three stems through R1 vowel identification and the presence/absence of dagesh forte in R2.

Primary root: דבר (items 1–3, 10–12, 16–23). Secondary roots: שׁלח (4–6, 13–15), כבד (7–9), ספר (24).

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 דָּבַר

A: Qal Perfect 3ms דבר "he spoke" (rare) — qamets under ד; patach under ב; no dagesh in ב

Q2. 2 דִּבֶּר

A: Piel Perfect 3ms דבר "he spoke" — hiriq under ד + dagesh forte in ב + tsere theme vowel

Q3. 3 דֻּבַּר

A: Pual Perfect 3ms דבר "it was spoken" — qibbuts under ד + dagesh forte in ב + patach theme vowel