Verb Conjugations/Forms

Question 1

What does Sheresh mean?

Answer 1

Sheresh(שֶׁרֶשׁ) is Strong’s #H83280 and it means Root

All the Hebrew verbs have a Root Form

Question 2

What does Binyan/Binyanim mean?

Answer 2

Binyan/Binyanim comes from the Hebrew Verb Banah(בָנָה) which is Strong’s #H11290 and it means to Build

So that’s why the verb conjugations are referred to as the “Binyan/Binyanim” because we are building off of the Root form of the verb

Question 3

What does Pa’al (פָּעַל) mean?

Answer 3

Pa’al which is Strong’s #H64660
means “To make” or “To do”

Question 4

What does Qal (קַל) mean?

Answer 4

Qal(קַל) which is Strong’s #70310
and it means “light/swift”

It’s contracted from the verb Qalal(קָלַל)
which is Strong’s #70430 and it means
“light(weight), fast, easy”

The Qal form of a verb is the most SIMPLE root form.

Some examples are
אָכַל -Eat
אָמַר - Say
דָּבַר - Speak

Question 5

What are the 7 Different Verb forms that you need to Know?

Answer 5

Pa’al/Qal (פָּעַל) Simple, Active
Nifal (נִפְעַל) Simple, Passive
Hifil (הִפְעִיל) Causative, Active
Hofal(הָפְעַל) Causative, Passive
Piel (פִּעֵל) Factitive, Active
Pual (פֻּעַל) Factitive, Passive
Hithpael (הִתְפַּעֵל) Reflexive

Question 6

What does Simple mean?

Which verb forms are Simple?

Answer 6

Simple is the most basic form of the verb

Pa’al and Niphal are Simple

Example verb כָּתַב “To Write”

Pa’al - פָּעַל - He wrote

Nifal - נִפְעַל - It was written

Question 7

What does Causative mean?

Which verb forms are Causative?

Answer 7

Causative is when someone or something is causing an action to be done

Hifil and Hofal/Hufal are Causative

Example verb כָּתַב “To Write”

Hifil - הִכְתִּיב - He dictated, He Caused the action of writing to be done

Hofal - הָכְתַּב - It was dictated, the writing of the document was dictated by…

Sometimes Hofal is seen as Hufal,
So you’ll see it as - הוּכְתַּב or הֻכְתַּב

Question 8

What does Stative mean?

sometimes referred to as “Intensive”

Which verb forms are Stative or Intensive?

Answer 8

Stative is when someone or something causes something to come into a state of being something

Piel and Pual are Stative

Example verb כָּתַב “To Write”

Piel - כִּיתֵּב or כִּתֵּב - He engraved

Pual - כּוּתַּב - It was engraved

someone caused that stone tablet to come into a state of being engraved

Another example would be from Exodus 20:8 regarding the Sabbath Day

Example Verb קָדַשׁ “To Be Set-Apart”

“Remember The Sabbath Day
To Set It Apart”
זָכוֹר אֶת־יוֹם הַשַּׁבָּת לְקַדְּשׁוֹ

It’s a Piel form of the verb “Qadash” to keep the Sabbath Day in a state of being Set-Apart

Question 9

What does Reflexive mean?

What verb form is Reflexive?

Answer 9

Reflexive is when you’re causing something to be done to yourself

Hithpael is Reflexive

Example verb כָּתַב “To Write”

הִתְכַתֵּב - He wrote to himself

Question 10

What does Active mean?

Answer 10

The Subject(person or animal etc.) does the action

Pa’al, Hifil and Piel are Active

Question 11

What does Passive mean?

Answer 11

The Subject(person or animal etc.) receives the action

Niphal, Hofal/Hufal, Pual are Passive

Question 12

What verb conjugation is Pa’al (פָּעַל)?

Simple, Causative, Stative, or Reflexive

and is it Active or Passive?

Answer 12

Simple, Active

Question 13

What verb conjugation is Nifal (נִפְעַל)?

Simple, Causative, Stative, or Reflexive

and is it Active or Passive?

Answer 13

Simple, Passive

Question 14

What verb conjugation is Hifil (הִפְעִיל)?

Simple, Causative, Stative, or Reflexive

and is it Active or Passive?

Answer 14

Causative, Active

Question 15

What type of verb conjugation is Hofal/Hufal (הֻפְעַל/הָפְעַל)?

Simple, Causative, Stative, or Reflexive

and is it Active or Passive?

Answer 15

Causative, Passive

Question 16

What verb conjugation is Piel (פִּעֵל)?

Simple, Causative, Stative, or Reflexive

and is it Active or Passive?

Answer 16

Stative, Active

Question 17

What verb conjugation is Pual (פֻּעַל)?

Simple, Causative, Stative, or Reflexive

and is it Active or Passive?

Answer 17

Stative, Passive

Question 18

What verb conjugation is
Hithpael (הִתְפַּעֵל)?

Simple, Causative, Stative, or Reflexive

Answer 18

Reflexive