Day 25 of 75 · Perception and response

Q-B-L

qabbel: receive

מקבל

ܡܩܰܒ݁ܶܠ

The feel

Qabbel means to receive, welcome, or accept. In the Gospels a child is taken in, a prophet is given room, and a reward is accepted. Because the word joins receiving with welcome, the Qala says welcomes when the one received is a person.

The root family

Form	Pattern	Transliteration	Script	Standard	Qala rendering
Verb, active participle	Pael	mqabel	מקבל ܡܩܰܒ݁ܶܠ	welcomes, receives	welcomes (Mt 10:40; 18:5)
Participle + relative	Pael	damqabel	דמקבל ܕ݁ܰܡܩܰܒ݁ܶܠ	whoever receives	whoever welcomes (Mt 10:41)
Verb, perfect (3pl) + relative	Pael	dqabelw	קבל ܩܒܠ	that they have received	they already have their reward (Mt 6:2)

Every occurrence in the Gospels is in the Pael, qabbel, to receive, welcome, or accept (Matthew 6:2; 10:40-41; 18:5; Mark 9:37).

In his voice

Matthew 10:40

Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me.

mqabel, "welcomes." The word comes four times in one sentence, and each welcome leads to the next, all the way up to the One who sent him.

Matthew 18:5

And whoever welcomes one little child like this in my name welcomes me.

mqabel, "welcomes." Whoever welcomes one small child in his name welcomes Yeshua himself.

Matthew 6:2

So when you give to the poor, don't sound a trumpet ahead of you, the way the actors do in the gatherings and the streets, so that people will praise them. On firm ground, I tell you: they already have their reward in full.

dqabelw, "they have received." The same verb, used of the actors. They took their reward in full on the spot, from the people who praised them.

Practice

Accept one thing offered to you today, whether help, praise, or a correction, without waving it off. Then hold your hands open, palms up, and say mqabel, welcomes, aloud.

Connections

Y-H-B: give qabbel: to receive

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