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  • From: Rolf Furuli <furuli AT online.no>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] BH verbal system
  • Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:48:52 +0100

Dear Randall,

Your words show that you know Syriac. Before I comment on your post, I have a question for you:
Do you deny that the QATAL form in Syriac can have future reference? In other words, do you claim that this form always refer to the past, to the point where it is a past tense (grammaticalized location in the past)? Please answer my questions with simple words, so the list-members can understand whether our viewpoints are similar or different.


Best regards,

Rolf Furuli
University of Oslo



>Syriac QATAL is normally
used with past reference, but in Matthew 24:33
the QATAL form of the verb XZ) (to see) is used
with future reference. >

This sentence also illustrates the need to evaluate how an analyst
divides and assigns data.
The verb Hazaytun 'you saw' is in a subordinate clause mo d- 'what that'
to main clause with an imperative "Know".
The main command to 'know' indirectly relates to the future,
but it is specifically in the volitional world,
"i want you to know" the non-indicative world.
The subordinate 'seeing' can also be viewed as relatively past to the
'knowing'. "When you would see, then you should know.."

So one should not take this Syriac qatal as an unambiguous, simple
'future context'.

braxot
Yochanan


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