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Pi'el

The intensive binyan

Pi'el often intensifies or adds transitivity

The middle root letter is doubled.

💬 Examples
שבר / שיבר
shavar / shiber
broke / smashed
📝 Pa'al vs intensive Pi'el
סיפר
siper
he told (a story)
📝 A Pi'el verb
Pi'el present uses the מ- prefix

The present participle begins with מ.

📊 Pi'el of דיבר (to speak)
Tense Hebrew Translit
past דיבר diber
present מדבר medaber
future ידבר yedaber
infinitive לדבר ledaber
💬 Examples
מדבר
medaber
speaking
📝 Pi'el present (root ד-ב-ר)
מלמד
melamed
teaching
📝 Pi'el present (root ל-מ-ד)
Many everyday verbs are Pi'el

speak, tell, look for, fix.

💬 Examples
אני מחפש
ani mechapes
I am looking for
📝 Pi'el (root ח-פ-ש)
הוא תיקן
hu tiken
he fixed
📝 Pi'el past