פָּעַל pâʻal — to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
Translated in the KJV as commit, do, make, ordain, work.
a primitive root; to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise.
pâʻal in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Participle (active) 28Perfect (qatal) 17Imperfect (yiqtol) 10Wayyiqtol 1
Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›