"Spot the Pual" — Chapter 32 Passage Exercise

Chapter 32 — Pual Strong

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Students identify and parse Pual Strong verbs across three Torah/Prophets passages: Numbers 22:6, 12; 23:8, 20 (the Balaam cycle, richest Pual concentration in Torah for ברך), Exodus 29:36–37 (consecration of the altar), and Exodus 14:4 / Isaiah 43:23 (Pual of כבד). The exercise presents 15 verbs: 3 Pual targets and 12 distractors drawn from Qal, Niphal, Piel, and Hophal. Students indicate whether each verb is Pual, then parse Conjugation/PGN/Root and supply the Stem/Function. A key diagnostic skill is distinguishing Pual (Qibbuts under R1 + Dagesh in R2) from the visually similar Piel (Hireq/i-class under R1) and Hophal (u-class on the prefix consonant, not R1).

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 תְּבָרֵךְ Qal Niphal Piel Pual Hiphil Hophal Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute Participle 3ms 3mp 3fs 3fp 2ms 2mp 2fs 1cs 1cp ms + 3mp suffix ms fs mp fp

A: Piel Imperfect 2ms ברך

Q2. 2 מְבֹרָךְ Qal Niphal Piel Pual Hiphil Hophal Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute Participle 3ms 3mp 3fs 3fp 2ms 2mp 2fs 1cs 1cp ms + 3mp suffix ms fs mp fp

A: Pual Participle ms ברך

Q3. 3 יוּאָר Qal Niphal Piel Pual Hiphil Hophal Perfect Imperfect Wayyiqtol Weqatal Imperative Inf. Construct Inf. Absolute Participle 3ms 3mp 3fs 3fp 2ms 2mp 2fs 1cs 1cp ms + 3mp suffix ms fs mp fp

A: Hophal Imperfect 3ms ארר