Stem Pilpel¶
Summary¶
The Pilpel is a rare stem formation that is similar to the Piel and expresses the same range of meanings.
Article¶
The Pilpel stem is a variation of the Piel and has potential to express the same range of verbal action. The Pilpel stem is formed from the Piel by dropping the 2nd radical and repeating the 1st and 3rd radical, thus making a verb that appears to have 4 consonants. It is a rare stem formation in Biblical Hebrew. Many of the occurrences of the Pilpel stem in the Hebrew Bible are from the root verb כּוּל (“to comprehend, contain”).
Note
It is recommended to always check a dictionary or lexicon for the meaning of a specific verb, because this stem may express many different kinds of action in different contexts.
Form¶
These paradigms use the root כּוּל, meaning “to sustain” in the Pilpel stem.
| Parsing | Hebrew | Transliteration | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine singular third person | כִּלְכֵּל | kilkel | he sustained |
| feminine singular third person | כִּלְכֲּלָה | kilkalah | she sustained |
| masculine singular second person | כִּלְכַּלְתָּ | kilkalta | you sustained |
| feminine singular second person | כִּלְכַּלְתְּ | kilkalt | you sustained |
| common singular first person | כִּלְכַּלְתִּי | kilkalti | I sustained |
| common plural third person | כִּלְכֲּלוּ | kilkalu | they sustained |
| masculine plural second person | כִּלְכַּלְתֶּם | kilkaltem | you sustained |
| feminine plural second person | כִּלְכַּלְתֶּן | kilkalten | you sustained |
| common plural first person | כִּלכַּלְנוּ | kilkalnu | we sustained |
| Parsing | Hebrew | Transliteration | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine singular third person | יְכַלְכֵּל | yikhalkel | he will sustain |
| feminine singular third person | תְּכַלְכֵּל | tekhalkel | she will sustain |
| masculine singular second person | תְּכַלְכֵּל | tekhalkel | you will sustain |
| feminine singular second person | תְּכַלְכְּלִי | tekhalkeli | you will sustain |
| common singular first person | אֲכַלְכֵּל | ‘akhalkel | I will sustain |
| masculine plural third person | יְכַלְכְּלוּ | yekhalkelu | they will sustain |
| feminine plural third person | תְּכַלְכֵּלְנָה | tekhalkelnah | they will sustain |
| masculine plural second person | תְּכַלְכְּלוּ | tekhalkelu | you will sustain |
| feminine plural second person | תְּכַלְכֵּלְנָה | tekhalkelnah | you will sustain |
| common plural first person | נְכַלְכֵּל | nekhalkel | we will sustain |
| Parsing | Hebrew | Transliteration | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine singular absolute | מְכַלְכֵּל | mekhalkel | sustaining / he who sustains |
| feminine singular absolute | מְכַלְכֶּלֶת / מְכַלְכְּלָה | mekhalkeleth / mekhalkelah | sustaining / she who sustains |
| masculine plural absolute | מְכַלְכְּלִים | mekhalkelim | sustaining / men who sustain |
| feminine plural absolute | מְכַלְכְּלוֹת | mekhalkeloth | sustaining / women who sustain |
Examples¶
| מְקַרְקַ֥ר קִ֖ר |
| meqarqar qir |
| breaking-down wall |
| a breaking down of the walls |
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| weshovavtikha weshishethikha weha’alithikha miyyarkethe tsafown |
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