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Ch33 — Pual Weak: Exercises

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Exercise Description
Function Sort BBH Chapter 33 · Pual Weak Verbs
Passage Exercise Students identify and parse Pual Weak verbs across three passage sets: Genesis genealogies (Gen 4:18, 4:26; 46:22) featuring the I-י root ילד, priestly legislation (Lev 7:36; Num 3:9) featuring the I-נ root נתן, and instructions/oracles (Lev 8:35; Num 22:6; Psa 72:17) featuring the III-ה root צוה and the ברך root with R2=ר compensatory lengthening. The exercise presents 15 verbs: 7 Pual targets and 8 distractors drawn from Qal, Niphal, Piel, Hithpael, and Hophal. Students indicate whether each verb is Pual, parse Conjugation/PGN/Root, supply the Stem/Function, and identify the weak-root type for each Pual target.
Pual Weak Paradigm Drill Write selected Pual Weak forms. Part A uses בנה (III-ה); Part B uses שאל (strong Pual for comparison).
Qal Piel Pual Contrast BBH Chapter 33 · Pual Weak Verbs
Stem Id Drill BBH Chapter 33 · Pual Weak Verbs
Weak Form Id A 25-item identification and parsing exercise covering four Pual weak classes (III-he, I-nun, I-guttural, Geminate). Part A (items 1–15) groups forms by class — four to five items per class — so students can build class-by-class recognition before mixing. Part B (items 16–25) presents forms from multiple classes in random order; students must identify the weak class first, then parse. Answer keys for both parts include the diagnostic marker that reveals the weak class. Four discussion questions address: the III-he Pual/Piel comparison; the I-nun assimilation contrast between Piel (nun retained) and Pual (nun assimilated); compensatory lengthening in I-aleph + resh roots; and the Pual-vs-Niphal distinction.