Unit 30 Flashcards
The piel, real conditions
כ - פ - ר
To atone
חַטָּאָה
Sin
ב - ק - שׁ
To seek
אִם
If, whether
ק - ב - ל
To accept, receive
ה - ל - ל
To praise
ק - ב - ץ
To gather, assemble, collect
ר - ג - ל
To spy
ק - ל - ל
To curse
How is the piel like the hifil?
They are both active stems with a transitive sense
What is the characteristic of the piel?
A strong dagesh in the second radical
What piel qatal forms undergo pretonic reduction?
The 3fs and 3cp forms
What is the second syllable of the piel with consonantal suffixes pointed with?
Patah
What piel yiqtol form does not have its performative (first character) pointed with vocal shewa?
The 1cs
What is the performative of the 1cs piel yiqtol pointed with?
Hatef patah
Which piel yiqtol forms under fo pretonic reduction?
The 2fs, 3mp, and 2mp
How are third-person commands issued in the piel?
With yiqtol; there is no jussive
What is the one quirk of the piel wayyiqtol?
The י performative of the 3ms and 3mp does not take the strong dagesh as expected
Does the piel cohortative undergo pretonic reduction?
Yes, like the qal and nifal counterparts
What does the piel infinite construct resemble?
The ms imperative
What happens to the pointing of the piel infinitive construct when suffixes are added?
The construct undergoes pretonic reduction
How many piel infinitive variants are there?
Two
Is the piel participle passive or active?
Active
What prefix characterizes the piel participle?
מ
Which forms of the piel participle undergo pretonic reduction when suffixes are added?
All except the second fs variant
Which consonants does the strong dagesh disappear from when pointed with vocal shewa?
Samekh, sin, shin, tzadi, khaf, qof, nun, mem, lamed, waw, and yod
What are the general uses of the piel?
- Factitive/resultative (‘cause the object to go into the state described by the root’, i.e. “he made it big’”)
- Iterative (the action of the root is done repeatedly)
- Denominative
What is a real condition?
A construction telling us what will happen if a certain condition is met; the first clause is introduced by ‘if’ and gives the condition, the second clause has a future verb describing what will happen if the condition is fulfilled
What is a protasis?
The first conditional clause of a real condition statement
What words introduce the prostasis in Biblical Hebrew?
אִם, כִּי
What is the apodosis?
The second clause of a real condition that demonstrates what will happen if the condition is met
אָז
Then
בִּי
Please
זָר
Stranger
זוֹלָה
Except
לֵילִי
Night
אָמָה
Maidservant
י - שׁ - ן
To sleep
שׁ - כ - ב
To lie down
י - נ - ק
To suckle, absorb
חַי
Living
