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[Robert F]

What does the (Qal) mean?

 

H7213
ראם
râ'am
BDB Definition:
1) (Qal) to rise
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2096
 

Thanks in advance!

Robert F

 

 

[Tim Butterfield]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Hebrew grammar, the qal is the simple paradigm of the verb.

The Classical Hebrew verb conjugates according to person and number in two finite tenses, the perfect and the imperfect. Both of these can then be modified by means of prefixes and suffixes to create other "actions" of the verb. This is not exactly parallel to any categories of grammatical voice or mood in the Indo-European languages, but can produce similar results. So the niphal is effectively a passive, the piel is an emphatic form and the hithpael has a middle or reflexive force. The qal is any form of the finite verb paradigm which is not so modified.

 

Qal

Qal is the most frequently used verb pattern. It expresses the
"simple" or "causal" action of the root in the active voice.

Examples:
He sat,  he ate,  he went,  he said,  he rose,  he bought

This form accounts for 66.7% of the verbs parsed.

Edited by Tim Butterfield, 24 February 2015 - 06:21 AM.

[Jarem08]

I don't know if my answer will be of interest, but I thought I would share how I work with this. I love the BDB but I do find that this connected to the Strong's does not give me exacts. In E-Sword it gives all of the parts of speech. This is why combining Blue Letter Bible with E-Sword works great! If I find a BDB word that has Qual, Hiphl, etc, I go to Blue Letter Bible and go right to that verse. Then I use the tool button by the verse, and if the verb is parsed, it will have Parse on the side. Click that and it will give you exactly how that verb is used. Back to E-Sword and it will then give you which set of definitions to use! Hope this helps as well!