How to Parse a Hebrew Verb

Parsing a Hebrew verb means naming its parts: the root, the stem, the tense, the person. Five steps: find the root letters, look for a stem marker, read the vowels for tense and person, put stem and root together, then check the context and the lexicon.

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The Seven Stems

• The Qal stem: simple active
• The Niphal stem: passive or reflexive
• The Piel stem: factitive or resultative, sometimes intensive
• The Pual stem: passive counterpart of Piel
• The Hiphil stem: causative
• The Hophal stem: causative passive
• The Hitpael stem: reflexive or iterative

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