RT Article
T1 The Movement from Qal to Piʿʿel in Hebrew and the Disappearance of the Qal Internal Passive
JF Hebrew studies
VO 42
IS 1
SP 243
OP 255
A1 Fassberg, Steven E.
LA English
YR 2001
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1798047918
AB The assumed original intensification/plurality of the D stem (with "doubled" middle radical = Piʿʿel in Hebrew) vis-à-vis the G stem ("ground" form = Qal) is not maintained in all stages of Semitic languages. While the intensification/plurality of the Piʿʿel is attested in classical biblical Hebrew, there is evidence in extra-biblical sources from the Second Temple period on of a shift of Qal verbs to Piʿʿel, where they no longer exhibit intensive/plural meaning. Many scholars, however, are unaware of this phenomenon since it has been discussed almost exclusively in works written in modern Hebrew. The shift from Qal to Piʿʿel can be seen in Qumran Hebrew, the Hebrew of Ben-Sira, Samaritan Hebrew, Tannaitic Hebrew, and Amorate Hebrew. It is suggested that the disappearance of the Qal internal passive and its replacement by Puʿʿal is related to the movement of verbs from Qal to Piʿʿel.
DO 10.1353/hbr.2001.0046