Bible Lexicons

פָּעַל fut. יִפְעַל; once יִפְעֹל.; followed by Makk. יִפְעָל־ (Job 35:6) i.q. עָשָׂה to make, to do, a word of great use in cognate languages [“rarely used in Arab.”] (ܦܥܠܰ, فعل); in Hebrew only used poetically. Job 11:8, מַה־תִּפְעַל “what wilt thou do?” Psalms 11:3, עַדִּיק מַה־פָּעַל “what shall the righteous do?” Deuteronomy 32:27, לֹא יְהֹוָה פָּעַל כָּל־אֵלֶּה “has not Jehovah made all these things;” Job 33:29; Isaiah 43:13. Specially it is

(a) to make, to fabricate, e.g. an idol, Isaiah 44:15 to make (to dig) a pit, Psalms 7:14. Absol. Isaiah 44:12, פָּעַל בַּפֶּחָם “he laboureth in the coals.”

(b) to produce, to create, Psalms 74:12 whence פֹּעֲלִי my creator, Job 36:3.

(c) to prepare. Exodus 15:17, “the place which thou hast prepared for dwelling.” Hence to attempt, to undertake any thing (opp. to עָשָׂה to effect). Isaiah 41:4, מִי פָעַל וְעָשָׂה “who hath attempted and done it” (compare Isaiah 43:7, יְצַרְתִּיו אַף עֲשִׂיתִיו)? Micah 2:1; Psalms 58:3, “ye devise wickedness in your hearts” (A similar use is made of עָשָׂה Isaiah 32:6, 37:26 ).

(d) to do (i.e. to exercise) justice, Psalms 15:2 wickedness, Job 34:32, 36:23. פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן evil doers, wicked men, Psalms 5:6, 6:9 14:4 and frequently.

(e) Followed by an acc. and לְ of the thing, Psalms 7:14, חִצָּיו לְדֹלְקִים יִפְעָל “he makes his arrows burning.”

(f) Followed by לְ of pers. to do any thing for any one, whether good, Job 22:17; Psalms 31:20, or evil, Job 7:20 followed by בְּ id., 35:6.

Derived nouns, פֹּעַל, פְּעֻלָה, מִפְעָל.

אֶפְעַ֖ל אֶפְעַ֨ל ׀ אפעל וַיִּפְעָלֵ֙הוּ֙ וּ֝לְפֹעֲלִ֗י וּפָעַל֙ וּפֹ֥עֲלֵי וּפֹעֵ֥ל ויפעלהו ולפעלי ופעל ופעלי יִּפְעַ֖ל יִפְעַל־ יִפְעָֽל׃ יפעל יפעל־ יפעל׃ לְפֹ֣עֲלֵי לפעלי מִפֹּ֣עֲלֵי מפעלי פָּ֖עַל פָּ֝עַ֗לְתִּי פָּ֭עַלְתָּ פָּעַ֖לְתָּ פָּעַ֣ל פָּעַ֥ל פָּעַ֥לְתָּ פָּעָ֑לוּ פָּעָֽל׃ פָעֲל֖וּ פָעֲל֣וּ פָעַ֣ל פָעַ֥לְתִּי פֹּ֣עֲלֵי פֹּ֤עֲלֵ֫י פֹּ֥עֲלֵי פֹּ֪עֲלֵ֫י פֹּֽעֲלֵי־ פֹּעֲלֵ֣י פֹּעֵ֣ל פֹּעֵ֥ל פעל פעל׃ פעלו פעלי פעלי־ פעלת פעלתי תִּפְעָ֑ל תִּפְעָ֫ל֥וּן תִּפְעָל־ תפעל תפעל־ תפעלון ’ep̄‘al ’ep̄·‘al efAl faAl faAlti faaLu lə·p̄ō·‘ă·lê leFoalei ləp̄ō‘ălê mip·pō·‘ă·lê mippō‘ălê mipPoalei pā‘al pā‘āl p̄ā‘al pā‘altā pā‘altî p̄ā‘altî pā‘ālū p̄ā‘ălū pā·‘ā·lū p̄ā·‘ă·lū pā·‘al pā·‘āl p̄ā·‘al pā·‘al·tā pā·‘al·tî p̄ā·‘al·tî Paal paAlta paAlti paAlu pō‘ălê pō‘ălê- pō‘êl pō·‘ă·lê pō·‘ă·lê- pō·‘êl Poalei poEl tifAl tifALun tifol tip̄‘āl tip̄‘āl- tip̄‘ālūn tip̄·‘ā·lūn tip̄·‘āl tip̄·‘āl- ū·lə·p̄ō·‘ă·lî ū·p̄ā·‘al ū·p̄ō·‘ă·lê ū·p̄ō·‘êl ufaAl uFoalei ufoEl ulefoaLi ūləp̄ō‘ălî ūp̄ā‘al ūp̄ō‘ălê ūp̄ō‘êl vaiyifaLehu way·yip̄·‘ā·lê·hū wayyip̄‘ālêhū yifAl yip̄‘al yip̄‘āl yip̄‘al- yip̄·‘al yip̄·‘āl yip̄·‘al-