1. My personal opinion is that there is no such thing in Hebrew as
"intensification".
2. I believe that the different BINYANIYM are due to different
parallel developments of the Hebrew language in variously inserting
the personal pronouns I = HIY and U =HU among the radical letters.
3. For historical reasons some verbs tend to appear in one BINYAN
rather than another, while some alternate, for instance $IBER = $ABAR
of Ex. 9:25.
4. Hebrew has learned to use the different BINYANIYM to enrich the
language and create, out of the same root, words of slightly shifted
meaning, for instance the $ABAR, 'broke', of Is. 14:5 versus the MA-
$BIYR, 'supplier', of Prov. 11:26.
5. It is of some interest that present day Hebrew likes the clarity
of the piel form, to wit: TILPEN, 'used the phone', PIXES, 'sent a
fax', SIMES, 'sent an sms', GIGEL, 'looked up google', ZIPZEP,
'zipped through web sites'. In present day Hebrew KAPAR is used for
'denied', as in KAPAR BA-A$MAH, 'denied the accusation'.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Jan 4, 2013, at 3:39 AM, Philip wrote:
represents intensification.
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