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-Piel
-a) Piel usually expresses an "intensive" or "intentional" action.
-[[Qal]]                   [[Piel]]
-he broke             he broke to pieces, he smashed
-he sent                he sent away, he expelled
-b) Sometimes the Piel introduces a new meaning to the Qal form.
-he counted             he recounted, he told
-he completed          he paid, he compensated
-he learned             he taught
-c) Piel expresses a "repeated" or "extended" action.
-he jumped             he skipped, he hopped
-d) Some intransitive verbs in Qal become transitive in Piel.
-to be strong          to strengthen, to fortify
-to become great       to make great

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