Chapter 21 The Pual

Pual Qal Niphal Piel Simple active Simple passive – reflexive Pual Factitive active Pual Factitive passive

Pual Exegetical significance Piel – The subject causes a state of being Pual – The subject is caused to enter a state of being

Pual Exegetical significance – Examples Piel – God made Abraham righteous Pual – The flax and barley were ruined (Exod 9:31)

Pual Exegetical Significance If a verb is stative in the qal, then it will normally be factitive in the piel-pual

Pual Conjugation – Recognition Keys THE KEY KEY!!!! STRONG DAGESH IN THE 2ND ROOT LETTER However, in both the piel and pual, the dagesh is occasionally omitted

Pual Conjugation – Recognition Keys Perfect – Qibbuts under the 1st root

Pual Conjugation – Recognition Keys Imprfct – Shewa under prefix (same as piel); qibbuts under 1st letter

Pual Conjugation – Recognition Keys Imperative – Doesn’t exist in the pual

Pual Conjugation – Recognition Keys Participle – prefixed מ; pointed like imperfect (same as piel)

Pual Conjugation – Recognition Keys Infinitive construct and absolute – holem above 2nd root, qibbuts under 1st root

Bottom Line Pual – Normally factitive passive – subject is brought into a state of being Pual recognition keys for each kind of verb – Perfect, imperfect, imperative, participle, infinitive construct, infinitive absolute THE KEY KEY! – Strong dagesh in the 2nd root

Exercise 21 #1

Exercise 21 #2

Exercise 21 #3

Exercise 21 #3 (cont’d)

Parsing אָֽמְרוּ Qal-Perfect-3cp

Parsing תִּנָּשֶׂאנָה Niphal-Impf-3fp/2fp

Parsing אָכ֖וֹל Qal-Inf abs

Parsing יְבֻקַּ֞ש Pual-Impfct-3ms

Parsing בֵּרַ֣כְתִּי Piel-Perfect-1cs

Parsing מְבֻקָּעָֽה Pual-Ptc-Fem-Sg