31.8 Hiphil Biconsonantal

• Biconsonantal verbs tweak \(V_P\) so we can’t rely on it
• Good news: \(V_S = \hat I\), except in FP imperfect and FP imperative, where \(V_S = \bar E\)
  • Contrast this aspect with other stems where \(V_S =\) the lexical vowel

POTENTIAL LOOK-ALIKES

• \(V_P = ə\) could be either Piel non-Perfect or Hiphil Biconsonantal
• \(V_P = \bar A\) could be either Hiphil Imperfect Biconsonantal or Qal Imperfect Biconsonantal
  • In Hiphil, \(V_S = \hat I\)
  • Only verbs where the lexical vowel is also \(\hat I\) are ambiguous
  • יָשִֹים could either be QI3ms or HI3ms

• We saw an example of a biconsonantal Hiphil way back in the Lesson 3 Study Verses
• הֲרִימֹ֨תִי יָדִ֤י אֶל־יְהוָה֙ אֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן
• HP3cs רוּם I caused to be lifted up