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The Imperatives, Infinitive, and Participles of the Remaining Stems

The Imperatives

The imperative shares the same stem as the imperfect. The passives stem for Pu’al and Hoph’al do not have an imperative form. Only the second person masculine and feminine singular and plural use the imperative.

Niph’al

2ms הִקָּטֵלYou (m) be killed (Kill yourself)
2fs הִקָּֽטְלִיYou (f) be killed (Kill yourself)
2mp הִקָּֽטְלוּYou all (m) be killed (Kill yourselves)
2fp הִקָּטַ֣לְנָהYou all (f) be killed (Kill yourselves)

Pi’el

2ms קַטֵּלYou (m) brutally kill
2fs קַטְּלִיYou (f) brutally kill
2mp קַטְּלוּYou all (m) brutally kill
2fp קַטֵּ֣לְנָהYou all (f) brutally kill

Hithpa’el

2ms הִתְקַטֵּלYou (m) kill yourself
2fs הִתְקַטְּלִיYou (f) kill yourself
2mp הִתְקַטְּלוּYou all (m) kill yourself
2fp הִתְקַטֵּ֣לְנָהYou all (f) kill yourself

Hiph’il

2ms הַקְטֵלYou (m) caused to kill
2fs הַקְטִ֣ילִיYou (f) caused to kill
2mp הַקְטִ֣ילוּYou all (m) caused to kill
2fp הַקְטֵ֣לְנָהYou all (f) caused to kill
Remove the prefix of the imperative second masculine singular, second feminine singular, second masculine plural, and second feminine plural to form the infinitive.
Niph’al, Hiph’il, Hithpa’el always retains the ה.
The hirek yod (  י   ִ   ) of the Hiph’il imperfect is changed to a seghol ( ֵ  ) in the imperative second masculine singular.

The Infinitives

Each stem has two infinitive forms: the absolute and construct forms.
In the construct form, prepositions may be prefixed and suffixes may be added.

Absolute

Niph’al(נִקְטֹל) הִקָּטֹלBeing killed
Pi’el(קַטֵּל)קַטֹּלBrutally killing
Pu’al קֻטֹּלBeing brutally killed
Hithpa’el (הִתְקַטֹּל)Killing oneself
Hiph’il הַקְטַלCausing to kill
Hoph’al הָקְטֵלBeing caused to kill

Construct

Niph’alהִקָּטֵלTo be killed
Pi’elקַטֵּלTo brutally killing
Pu’al(קֻטַּל)To be brutally killed
Hithpa’elהִתְקַטֵּלTo killing oneself
Hiph’ilהַקְטִילTo causing to kill
Hoph’alהָקְטַלTo be caused to kill
The strong verb uses the imperfects ground form, without the prefix, retaining with the characteristics of vowel.
The infinitive absolute uses the holem (  ֹ  or  וֹ ) vowel , the except in the causative stem (Hiph’il or Hoph’al) it used the seghol ( ֵ  ).
The infinitive construct uses the same characteristics as the imperfect.
The Hithpa’el infinitive absolute and the Pu’al infinitive construct are not used in the Old Testament.
The absolute form for the Niph’al and Pi’el infinitive stems uses two forms. There is no significance in which form is used.