"Stem Identification Drill (Strong Roots)" — Exercise

Chapter 34 — Hithpael Strong

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A 24-item drill covering all major conjugations of two roots (קדשׁ and דבר) across six stems: Qal, Niphal, Piel, Pual, Hiphil, and Hithpael. Items are interleaved by conjugation group (perfect, imperfect, wayyiqtol, imperative, participle) so students practice switching between stem identifications within the same conjugation category. The drill highlights three key diagnostic pairs: Piel vs. Hithpael (both have Dagesh in R2; prefix distinguishes them), Hiphil vs. Hithpael (different prefix vowels and consonants), and Niphal vs. Hithpael (niqtal pattern vs. hitqattel). Items 3 and 20 share the same written form (הִתְקַדֵּשׁ), demonstrating that Hithpael Perfect 3ms and Imperative 2ms are identical for strong roots.

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 קָדַשׁ

A: Qal Perfect 3ms קדשׁ — Patakh under R1, no prefix, no Dagesh in R2 → Qal

Q2. 2 קִדֵּשׁ

A: Piel Perfect 3ms קדשׁ — Dagesh in R2 (דּ), Hireq under R1, no prefix → Piel

Q3. 3 הִתְקַדֵּשׁ

A: Hithpael Perfect 3ms OR Imperative 2ms קדשׁ הִתְ prefix + Dagesh in R2 → Hithpael; both parsings are identical in writing for strong roots