Hebrew Verb Stems in Torah Books (Grouped)

Source: STEPBible TAHOT
Scope: Top 6 verb stems across all five books of the Torah (Pentateuch)

Build script: scripts/ot/verbs/build_verb_stems.py

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Summary

This grouped bar chart compares the six most frequent verb stems across the five books of the Pentateuch. Qal dominates in every book. Notable observations:

• Leviticus has a disproportionately high Piel rate (13.4% of its verbs) — fitting for a legal/ritual text that frequently declares things clean, unclean, or holy.
• Exodus concentrates more Hophal (passive causative) verbs than other Torah books, reflecting passive constructions in the tabernacle instructions.
• Genesis has the highest total verb count (4,845), consistent with its narrative density.

Total Verbs by Book

Book	Total Verbs
Genesis	4,845
Exodus	3,381
Leviticus	2,288
Numbers	2,909
Deuteronomy	2,841
Pentateuch Total	16,264

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