Modern · Israeli Hebrew
Conjugate the Pa'al (פָּעַל) binyan across past, present, future, imperative and infinitive — the template for every regular verb.
Lesson 10 — Verbs Part 1
Core concepts · 5
- Hebrew is built on the verb: learn one binyan's pattern, then just swap in a new 3-letter root.
- The Pa'al table (model verb סָגַר 'closed') gives every person/number/gender in past, present, future, imperative and infinitive.
- Present tense agrees only in gender/number (4 forms) — it is really the participle.
- There are seven binyanim (פָּעַל, נִפְעַל, פִּעֵל, פֻּעַל, הִתְפַּעֵל, הִפְעִיל, הֻפְעַל), named from the model root פעל, differing by voice and intensity.
- A mixed-gender plural defaults to masculine; feminine-plural and most imperative forms are archaic in speech (use the future as the imperative).
Vocabulary & signs · tap a word to hear, expand for how to say it
he closed (Pa'al model)
say: sagar
closes / closing (present m.s.)
say: soger
he will close (future)
say: yisgor
to close (infinitive)
say: lisgor
'he acted' — the binyan namesake
say: paʿal
Exercises · answer in the app
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Pa'al present, f.sg of סָגַר ('close') =
Bridge to this week
Week 5 IS the Pa'al architecture; OHT gives the full conjugation grid (not just the present) and the map of all seven binyanim you'll expand in Week 6.
The Online Hebrew Tutorial v2.0 — Ben Stitz
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