A Friendly Reminder: the Derived Stems

In this post I want to briefly define the derived stems and show their general relationship with one another. Qal – this is the “light” form.  It is “light” because it is not made “heavy” by the additions of the Pi”el, Pu”al, etc.  It is your basic form; simple action. Niph’al – with the passiveContinue reading “A Friendly Reminder: the Derived Stems”

The Qal Passive form and Isaiah 9:5

In the video for Isaiah 9:5b I noted that the verb יֻלַּד could be taken as a Pu”al Perfect of ילד or a Qal Passive Perfect of ילד.  In the video I stated that I believe the form is a Qal Passive Perfect, but then I proceeded to explain how it could be parsed asContinue reading “The Qal Passive form and Isaiah 9:5”