13.15 Building the Qal Perfect Strong Paradigm

Understanding how we build the paradigm will prepare you to identify verbs in the Bible

• It will also prepare you to spot when deviations occur in weak verbs
• Study the graphic and the steps below carefully
• It may be confusing at first, but over time, it will begin to make sense

1. Add the perfect sufformatives (unless 3MS)
2. Put a Sheva before the sufformative
   • 3fs/3cp - the Sheva can’t go under \(R_3\) because \(R_3\) already has a vowel
     • A consonant can’t have more than one vowel
     • For these forms, the Sheva goes under \(R_2\)
3. Add Dagesh Lene to תּ that comes after any Sheva (as we would need to do for any בגד כפת letter)
   • all 2nd person forms and 1cs
4. \(V_S = A\) (Patach) in the Qal Perfect Strong paradigm
   • UNLESS \(V_2\) is already a Sheva from step two
5. Accent \(V_S\)
   • Exception 1 - \(V_2\) is reduced/Sheva
   • Exception 2 - there is a “heavy sufformative” that draws the accent (2MP/2FP)
6. \(V_1 = \bar A\) (Qamets)
   • 2mp/2fp - the Qamets is then reduced to a Vocal Sheva because of propretonic reduction
7. OPTIONAL - Add a Metheg mark to \(V_1\) 3fs/3cp