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The Palel stem is a variation of the Piel and has potential to express the same range of verbal action. It is the same stem formation as the Pilel, only with a variant vowel pattern. The Palel stem is formed from the Piel stem by repeating the 3rd radical (with different vowels), thus making a verb that appears to have 4 consonants. It is an extremely rare stem formation in Biblical Hebrew. Many of the occurrences of the Palel stem in the Hebrew Bible are from the root verb שָׁאַן ("to be at ease").
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It is recommended to always check a dictionary or lexicon for the meaning of a specific verb, because this stem may express many different kinds of action in different contexts.
| שַׁאֲנַ֨ן מֹואָ֜ב מִנְּעוּרָ֗יו |
| sha'anan mow'av minne'urayw |
| He-felt-secure Moab from-its-youth. |
| Moab has felt secure since he was young. |
Show passage in OET: JER 48:11
11 Moav (Moab) has felt secure since it was young.
⇔ It’s like its wine that’s never been poured from container to container.
⇔ It’s never gone into captivity.
⇔ so it still tastes as good as ever—
⇔ its nice aroma hasn’t changed.
⇔ It’s like its wine that’s never been poured from container to container.
⇔ It’s never gone into captivity.
⇔ so it still tastes as good as ever—
⇔ its nice aroma hasn’t changed.
Jump to OET JER 48:11 section.
| וְ֝כִפָּת֗וֹ לֹ֣א רַעֲנָֽנָה |
| wekhippatho lo ra'ananah |
| and-his-branch not will-be-green |
| his branch will not be green |
