34.2 Parsing Clues - Pre: a distinctive הִתְ prefix

The Hitpael is the easiest stem to identify

• All conjugations have a distinctive prefix:
  • הִתְקַטֵּל - tDP3ms, tDM2ms, tD∞, or tDA
  • יִתְקַטֵּל - tDI3ms, and so forth for the remaining imperfect stems.
    • tDI1cs preformative is אֶתְ
  • מִתְקַטֵּל - tDPtms
  • So, if a verb begins with “hIT”, “yIT”, “mIT”, etc., it’s probably Hitpael

Also:

• \(R_2\) takes Dagesh Forte
• \(V_1\) is Patach
• \(V_S = \bar E[A] \sim \bar E\)
  • tDP2ms and tDP1cs have \(V_S = A\), otherwise it’s very consistently \(\bar E\)

The preformative alone is sufficient to identify the Hitpael stem