:github_url: https://git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_uhg/src/branch/master/content/stem_hothpaal.rst .. _stem_hothpaal: Stem Hothpaal ============= Summary ------- The Hothpaal is an extremely rare stem formation that is derived from the Hithpael. It generally expresses passive action. Article ------- The Hothpaal stem is a variation of the :ref:`stem_piel` and generally expresses passive action. The Hothpaal stem is formed from the Hithpael stem by vowel changes and is an extremely rare verbal form in Biblical Hebrew. Many of the occurrences of the Hothpaal stem in the Hebrew Bible are from the root verb פָּקַד ("to visit, number, or appoint"). .. include:: includes/consult_dictionary.txt .. csv-table:: Example: LEV 13:55-56 "וְרָאָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אַחֲרֵ֣י ׀ **הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס** אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע ... וְהִנֵּה֙ כֵּהָ֣ה הַנֶּ֔גַע אַחֲרֵ֖י **הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס** אֹת֑וֹ" "wera'ah hakkohen 'ahare **hukkabbes** 'eth-hannega' ... wehinneh kehah hannega' 'ahare **hukkabbes** 'otho" "And-he-will-look the-priest after **is-washed** [dir.obj]\_the-mildew ... and-see become-faint the-mildew after **is-washed** [dir.obj]-it" "Then the priest will examine the item after the mildewed item **was washed** ... and if the mildew has faded after it **was washed**" .. csv-table:: Example: DEU 24:4 "לֹא־יוּכַ֣ל בַּעְלָ֣הּ הָרִאשֹׁ֣ון ... לִהְיֹ֧ות לֹ֣ו לְאִשָּׁ֗ה אַחֲרֵי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֻטַּמָּ֔אָה" "lo-yukhal ba'lah harishown ... lihyowth low le'ishah 'aharey 'asher **huttamma'ah**" "not\_he-is-able her-husband the-first ... to-become to-him to-wife after whom **she-became-impure**" "then her former husband ... cannot make her his wife, after **she has become impure**"