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<TITLE>BLB - Help/FAQ - Hebrew Verb Tenses</TITLE>
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<DIV CLASS="head"><A ID="1"></A>What do the Hebrew verb tenses mean?</DIV>
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<P>When accessing information about verbs throughout our Old Testament concordances, you'll find numerous references to Hebrew verb tenses such as <I>Qal</I> or <I>Hiphil</I>. The following list identifies each verb tense and it's part in speech via a comparative example in English using the the verb "to kill."
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<DT><B>Simple</B></DT>
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<LI>Qal <I>(active)</I> - he killed</li>
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<LI>Niphal <I>(passive)</I> - he was killed</li<>
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<DT><B>Intensive</B> - giving force or emphasis; emphasizing <BR>
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[very in the 'very same man' is an intensive adverb]<DT>
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<LI>Piel <I>(active)</I> - he killed indeed! / he slaughtered</li>
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<LI>Pual <I>(passive)</I> - he was killed indeed! / he was slaughtered</li>
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<LI>Hithpael <I>(reflexive)</I> - he killed himself</li>
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<DT><B>Causative</B> - expressing causation, as certain verbs <BR>
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[fell is a causative verb meaning to cause to fall]</DT>
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<LI>Hiphil <I>(active)</I> - he caused to kill</li>
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<LI>Hophal <I>(passive)</I> - he was caused to kill</li>
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<p>For more information, please refer to the tense button found in the concordance lexicon for the specific verb which interests you to access more specific information.<BR><br>
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