Lesson 9
1. The 2nd binyan: the active conjugation pi’el
From the vocalization e-a-e in present tense – eg medaber / speaks – can be concluded, that this is a pi’el verb.
The word pi’el is the 3rd person singular past tense of an artificially created verb lefa’el in order to term the binyan pi’el. The word pi’el has no meaning.
pi’el - verbs in present tense:
Note: (the following points refer to present tense).
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The vocalization of and the female forms of verbs with a chet or ayin as third consonant of the shoresh, eg hu meshachne‘a, he convinces, hi meshachna’at, she convinces.
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The female form singular of verbs with a he as last consonant of the shoresh, eg hi mechakah, she waits and the ending of the infinitive, eg lechakot, to wait.
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The female form singular of verbs with an alef as third consonant of the shoresh, as in hi mevatet – she pronounces.
2. Abbreviations
Hebrew abbreviations show a double quote before the last letter of the word.
Examples:
