32.2 Hophal Strong Parsing Clues - \(Pre\): Think “Houûphal”

  • Preformatives
    • Hophal verbs have preformative ה like the Hiphil
    • Imperfects and Participles have the usual preformatives
  • \(V_P = O\), \(U\), or \(\hat U\), indicates Hophal
    • So a mnemonic for this stem might be: “houûphal”
    • The Hophal occurs with either u-class or o-class
    • O - Qamets Hatuf הָקְטַל
    • U - Qibbuts הֻקְטַל
    • Û - Shureq
      • הוּרַד (Iי)
      • הוּשַׁט (Biconsonantal)
      • הוּחַל (Geminate)
    • HIPHIL 1-Yod will have \(\bar O\) or \(\hat O\) (see Lesson 31)
  • Hophal Strong \(Pre\) sequences are:
    • הָקְ or הֻקְ - HpP
    • יָקְ or יֻקְ - (etc.) HpI
    • מָקְ or מֻקְ - HpPt144
  • Given that \(V_1 = ə\), we expect 1נ to assimilate (as it does in QI and NP)

QAMETS HATUF OR QAMETS?

  • We learned many lessons ago that Qamets or Qamets Hatuf, ָ, followed by a Sheva is potentially ambiguous
    • QAMETS followed by VOCAL Sheva or QAMETS HATUF followed by SILENT Sheva?
  • When \(V_P\) is ָ followed by \(V_1\) of Sheva or Hateph Qamets Hatuf, \(V_P\) is ALWAYS QAMETS HATUF
    • This is not necessarily the case when the positions are \(V_1\) and \(V_2\)
  • Therefore, in the Hophal Stem, הָקְטַל is pronounced “hoq-TAL” (rhymes with “Hophal”).

  1. The remaining conjugations are rare in the Hebrew Bible, so we will skip them.↩︎