Qal Stem
Qal is the most frequently used verb pattern. It expresses the "simple" or "casual" action of the root in the active voice.
Examples:
he sat, he ate, he went, he said, he rose, he bought
This form accounts for 66.7% of the verbs parsed.
Lexical Definitions for Bible Study
Stem
Aspect
Stem
Aphel Stem
In Biblical Aramaic (Chaldean), the Aphel is a causative conjugation like the Hebrew Hiphil, but with the letter Aleph substituted for the initial He. Other changes in spelling also occur, but otherwise the verb functions similarly to the Hebrew Hiphil, expressing causative action.
See Hiphil
Tense
Mood
Voice
Present Tense
The present tense represents a simple statement of fact or reality viewed as occurring in actual time. In most cases this corresponds directly with the English present tense.
Some phrases which might be rendered as past tense in English will often occur in the present tense in Greek. These are termed "historical presents," and such occurrences dramatize the event described as if the reader were there watching the event occur. Some English translations render such historical presents in the English past tense, while others permit the tense to remain in the present.