to receive
qa.val describes taking something in—accepting a matter or receiving items—and, of curtain loops, corresponding to one another.
The dominant Piel use concerns accepting what is offered, appointed, or encountered: garments, an observance, good and adversity, discipline, or a choice. Other Piel contexts describe receiving materials in a transfer, while the Hiphil participle describes curtain loops set opposite or corresponding to each other.
Senses in use
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Accepting an offered matter or outcome · dominant
Perfect, imperfect, and imperative Piel forms occur where people accept or decline what confronts them. In Esther 4:4 the APB renders Mordecai's response to garments as “he would not accept”; in Esther 9:23 and Esther 9:27 it renders the Jews' response to their practice and written obligation as “accepted.” Job 2:10 sets accepting good from God beside accepting adversity, and Proverbs 19:20 joins the imperative with listening to counsel and accepting discipline.
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Receiving materials in a transfer · common
The Piel forms can mark the taking over of items passed to designated recipients. In Ezra 8:30 the APB renders the priests and Levites' taking custody of weighed silver, gold, and articles as “received”; in 2 Chronicles 29:22 it describes priests taking blood for sprinkling on the altar. In 2 Chronicles 29:16 the surrounding transfer of uncleanness from the temple to the Levites likewise leaves the term's individual English equivalent less explicit.
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Corresponding or facing one another · occasional
The Hiphil active participle describes the loops on paired curtains. In Exodus 26:5 the APB calls them “opposite one another,” while Exodus 36:12 renders the arrangement “the loops receiving one to one.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the Piel contexts with “accept,” “accepted,” “received,” and “took”; it presents the Hiphil participle through the loops being “opposite one another” or “receiving one to one.” These renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.