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פעל

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Aramaic

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Verb

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פעל (transliteration needed)

  1. to work

Hebrew

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Etymology

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Cognate with Arabic فعل (faʕala, to do). From Proto-Semitic *paʕala.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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פָּעַל (pa'ál) (pa'al construction)

  1. to do
  2. to make
  3. to act; to work; to operate

Conjugation

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Conjugation of פָּעַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לפעול / לִפְעֹל
action noun פְּעִילָה
passive participle פָּעוּל
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first פָּעַלְתִּי פָּעַלְנוּ
second פָּעַלְתָּ פָּעַלְתְּ פְּעַלְתֶּם1 פְּעַלְתֶּן1
third פָּעַל פָּעֲלָה פָּעֲלוּ
present פּוֹעֵל פּוֹעֶלֶת פּוֹעֲלִים פּוֹעֲלוֹת
future first אֶפְעַל נִפְעַל
second תִּפְעַל תִּפְעֲלִי תִּפְעֲלוּ תִּפְעַלְנָה2
third יִפְעַל תִּפְעַל יִפְעֲלוּ תִּפְעַלְנָה2
imperative positive פְּעַל פַּעֲלִי פַּעֲלוּ פְּעַלְנָה2
negative אַל + Second person future tense

1 Commonly pronounced פָּעַלְתֶּם and פָּעַלְתֶּן in Modern Hebrew (by analogy with other past forms).
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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Noun

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פֹּעַל (pó'alm

  1. defective spelling of פועל

Noun

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פָּעַל (pa'álm

  1. (grammar) pa'al conjugation

Noun

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פִּעֵל (pi'élm

  1. defective spelling of פיעל

Noun

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פֻּעַל (pu'álm

  1. defective spelling of פועל