Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Hebrew Verbal Participles Chart

Here is a chart I made of the different verbal participles in Hebrew.  ع is the Arabic letter ע (ayin).  In Hebrew, the consonants constantly change their sound, making it hard to remember the verbal patterns. Also, the Hebrew letter ע ayin is never doubled, making it hard to remember that Pi'el and HitPa''el have a doubled middle root.  That's why I chose to use Arabic F عL, which never varies, and shows all the inflections, instead of Hebrew PעL for my verbal patterns.  I also doubled ع ayn here where called for to help with memorization of regular Hebrew verbs.

The corresponding verb forms are as follows:
FaعaL: Qal/Pa'al
niFعaL: Nif'al
Fiع عeL: Pi'el   / FūعăL: Pu'al
hitFaع عeL: Hitpa'el
hiFعiL:  Hif'il  / hūFعăL: Huf'al

Hebrew Verbal Participle Patterns