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Hebrew Verb Tenses

When accessing information about

verbs throughout our Old
Testament concordances, you'll find
numerous references to Hebrew
verb tenses such as Qal or Hiphil
Hiphil.
The following list identifies each
verb tense and it's part in speech
via a comparative example in
English using the verb "to love."

Simple
Qal (active) - he loved
Niphal (passive) - he was loved

Intensive
Giving force or emphasis; emphasizing
("very" in the "very same man" is an
intensive adverb)

Piel (active) - he loved indeed! / he

loved excessively
Pual (passive) - he was indeed
loved / he was loved excessively
Hithpael (re0exive) - he loved
himself

Causative
Expressing causation, as certain verbs
(fell is a causative verb meaning to cause
to fall)

Hiphil (active) - he caused to love

Hophal (passive) - he was caused
to love

For more information, please refer to the

parsing button for the word that
interests you to access more detailed
information:

Refer to the Hebrew Grammar for more

in depth information on understanding
parts of speech.

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