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  • From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>
  • To: fred burlingame <tensorpath AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] verb form choice
  • Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:48:29 -0500

The Hebrew word (sans attached prepositions) consists of a root +personal pronouns (or identity markers, which are universal temporary names used to identify the actors or things referred to). In the word A-XEL, the letter A is, in my opinion, a remnant of ANIY, identifying the speaker as the perpetrator of the act XEL. In the word W-XAL-U the last U is in my opinion a truncated HU), identifying the receivers (HA-AM-IYM) of the act XAL. The preposition W is in my opinion a variant of the root B or BA, 'to be, to happen'.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Jan 29, 2011, at 7:24 PM, fred burlingame wrote:

Hello all;

In deuteronomy 2:25, we have:

a. the verb אחל (alef, chet, lamed) manifest in yiqtol form; and

b. the verb וחלו (waw, chet, lamed, waw) expressed in weqatal form.

Since yiqtol and qatal forms appear susceptible of encoding the same menu of
tenses and aspects, does some context or other reason necessitate the
selection of these two forms, for these two verbs, in these two instances,
respectively? Or does the appearance of these two forms represent a mere
arbitrary choice by the author, the choice of the other form representing
proper grammar also?

I invite your comments.

regards,

fred burlingame
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