Etymology

binyan pa'al

Today it means: the G-stem of a verbal construction/pattern of a root in Hebrew Full definition →

Hebrew בִּנְיַן פָּעַל
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  1. Hebrew · borrowed fromבִּנְיַן פָּעַל
  2. English todaybinyan pa'al

From Hebrew בִּנְיַן פָּעַל. When discussing Hebrew binyanim/verbal constructions, the verb פָּעַל (pa'ál, “to work, to do”) is often used as an example root on which these verbal constructions/templates are plugged in

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