Vs

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title: vs

verbal stem

Stem of the verb that indicates an aspect or constellation of the act expressed by the verb.

This feature is present on objects of type word.

The Hebrew verb has multiple stems, and each of these stems can be marked with tense/mood. For the tenses/moods, see vt. Not all words have verbal stem (e.g. nouns) and these are marked as NA.

Here is the list of possible values. Some values are specific for Aramaic.

Hebrew stems:

code	description
hif	hif‘il
hit	hitpa“el
htpo	hitpo“el
hof	hof‘al
nif	nif‘al
piel	pi“el
poal	po“al
poel	po“el
pual	pu“al
qal	qal

Aramaic stems:

code	description
afel	af‘el
etpa	etpa“al
etpe	etpe‘el
haf	haf‘el
hotp	hotpa“al
hsht	hishtaf‘al
htpa	hitpa“al
htpe	hitpe‘el
nit	nitpa“el
pael	pa“el
peal	pe‘al
peil	pe‘il
shaf	shaf‘el
tif	tif‘al
pasq	passiveqal

Note

The division in Hebrew and Aramaic stems should be checked.

The meanings/functions of these stems should be clarified.

Check my definition of stem above.