"Spot the Pual" — Chapter 33 Passage Exercise

Chapter 33 — Pual Weak

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Students identify and parse Pual Weak verbs across three passage sets: Genesis genealogies (Gen 4:18, 4:26; 46:22) featuring the I-י root ילד, priestly legislation (Lev 7:36; Num 3:9) featuring the I-נ root נתן, and instructions/oracles (Lev 8:35; Num 22:6; Psa 72:17) featuring the III-ה root צוה and the ברך root with R2=ר compensatory lengthening. The exercise presents 15 verbs: 7 Pual targets and 8 distractors drawn from Qal, Niphal, Piel, Hithpael, and Hophal. Students indicate whether each verb is Pual, parse Conjugation/PGN/Root, supply the Stem/Function, and identify the weak-root type for each Pual target.

Sample Questions

Q1. 1 יָלַד 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: Qal Perfect 3ms ילד

Q2. 2 הוּחַל 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 Perfect 3ms חלל

Q3. 3 יֻלַּד 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 Perfect 3ms ילד