Stem Qal Passive

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The Qal Passive is a passive form of the Qal stem. It looks similar to (and is sometimes identified as) the Pual or the Hophal stem.

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The Qal Passive form is a stem formation in Biblical Hebrew that expresses simple action in passive voice. There is some debate among scholars concerning all the verbs that are parsed as Qal Passive, because they could also be identified as either a Pual or a Hophal. This distinction is not important for meaning or translation.

Example: GEN 6:1 –– alternatively identified as Pual
וּבָנ֖וֹת יֻלְּד֥וּ לָהֶֽם׃
uvanoth yulledu lahem
and-daughters were-born to-them
and daughters were born to them

OET comparison: GEN 6:1: RV GEN 6:1 · LV GEN 6:1 · Read together GEN 6:1

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OET-RV GEN 6:1

6 When people began to multiply on the earth’s surface, and they were having daughters,

OET-LV GEN 6:1

6 And_he/it _was if/because the_humankind it _began to_increase _in _number on the _surface _of the_soil and_daughters they _were _born to/for_them.

Word details: יֻלְּד֥וּ

Example: JDG 6:28 –– alternatively identified as Pual
וְהָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלָ֖יו כֹּרָ֑תָה
weha'asherah 'asher-'alayw korathah
and-the-Asherah that_beside-it was-cut-down
and the Asherah that was beside it was cut down

OET comparison: JDG 6:28: RV JDG 6:28 · LV JDG 6:28 · Read together JDG 6:28

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OET-RV JDG 6:28

28 When the men of the city got up early the next morning, wow, the Ba’al’s altar had been torn down, the Asherah pole that was beside it had been cut down, and the second bull had been offered on a new altar that had been built.

OET-LV JDG 6:28

28 And_ the _men _of the_city _they _rose _early in_morning and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the _altar _of (the)_Baˊal it _had _been _pulled _down and_the _ʼAshērāh_pole which on/upon/above_him/it it _had _been _cut _down and_DOM the _young_bull the_second it _had _been _offered _up on the_altar which_had _been_built.

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Stem Qal Passive

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