[b-hebrew] Vav consecutive Gen 1:3
furuli at online.no
furuli at online.no
Wed May 26 14:35:59 EDT 2004
Dear Geroge,
By "preterite," do you mean "grqmmaticalized past tense," i.e. that
the WAYYIQTOL is uncancellable past tense in any context, just as
English "went" and "walked"? If so, is it possible to differentiate
between "past tense" and "past reference," or are all verbs with past
reference preterites? What about the 103 participles, 34 YIQTOLs and
217 QATALs with past reference in the Aramaic part of Daniel? Are
all these preterites?
Best regrds
Rolf
Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo
>Serves to prove the view that the waw consecutive verbs are not
>imperfects at all, but preterites (past tense) with a non-converse
>waw. The jussive is formed off the preterite, hence both forms are
>shorter than the imperfect.
>
>
>
>Best regards,
>
>GEORGE ATHAS
>Lecturer in Biblical Languages
>Southern Cross College
>Sydney, Australia
>
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